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ἀκινάκης

ἀκινάκης, a short straight sword

ἀκινάκης, ου, ὁ,
  • Persian word, short straight sword, Hdt. (v. infr.), cf. X. An. 1.2.27 (also acc. -άκεα Hdt. 3.118; pl. -άκεας v.l. ib. 128); ἀ. ἐπίχρυσος, a Persian sword kept in the Parthenon, IG 1.170.17, cf. 2.646.11; νὴ τὸν ἀκινάκην, a Scythian oath, Luc. Tox. 38, cf. JTr. 42. [ăcīnăces in Hor. Od. 1.27.5.]

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