φύλοπις

A. battle-cry, din of battle, freq. in Hom., ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν Il. 5.496, cf. 4.65, al.; φυλόπιδα στήσειν πολέμοιο Od. 11.314, cf. Hes. Sc. 114, Il. 13.635; πόλεμος καὶ φ. 4.15,82; νεῖκος φυλόπιδος 20.141.—Ep. word, used once by S. El. 1072 (lyr.), and in a mock oracle, Ar. Pax 1076: pl., φυλόπιδας προτέρων ὕμνησαν ἀοιδοί Theoc. 16.50.