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ἄορ

ἄορ, a hanger, sword

ἄορ or ἆορ, ἄορος, τό (on the accent see Hdn.Gr. 1.391): (ἀείρω):— properly,
  • hanger or sword hung in a belt (cf. ἀορτήρ), Od. 11.24; synon. with ξίφος, 10.294, cf. 321.—The masc. acc. pl., οὐκ ἄορας οὐδὲ λέβητας 17.222 (cf. Hsch.), is prob. f.l. for ἄορά γʼ; Eust. 1818.5 and the Scholl. ad loc. expl. ἄορας as = ὄαρας, women given as prizes (cf. ἀόρων· γυναικῶν, Hsch.), or = τρίποδας.
      • 2 later, any weapon, ἄορ τριγλώχιν the trident, Call. Del. 31; of the horn of the rhinoceros, Opp. C. 2.553. [Hom. has ᾰ in dissyll. forms, as also Hes. Sc. 457, Call. Hec. Fr. 260.1 Pf. [updated ref.]; in the trisyll. forms, ᾰ Od. 17.222, al., ᾱ Il. 10.484, al. In Hes. Sc. 221, and later Poets, ᾱ even in ἄορ, which must then be written ἆορ. Hes. Th. 283 has ἄορ as monosyll., unless we read with Tricl. γένθʼ, ὁ δʼ ἄορ χρύσειον . . .]

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