γλυφίς

A. notched end of the arrow, ἕλκε δ’ ὁμοῦ γλυφίδας τε λαβὼν καὶ νεῦρα Il. 4.122; ἕλκεν νευρὴν γλυφίδας τε Od. 21.419; γλυφίδες μέσσῃ ἐγκάτθετο νευρῇ A.R. 3.282; but perh. of notches or grooves for the fingers, παρὰ τὰς γλυφίδας περιειλίξαντες καὶ πτερώδαντες τὸ βυβλίον Hdt. 8.128, cf. Aen.Tact. 31.26; τόξων πτερωταὶ γλυφίδες, poet. for the arrow itself, E. Or. 274, cf. AP 5.57 (Arch., sg.): also in pl., notches in the arrow-head, Paul.Aeg. 6.88.

II. pen-knife, AP 6.62 (Phil.), 64 (Paul. Sil., pl.).

2. chisel, J. BJ 5.5.2.

III. in Architecture, capitals of columns, θριγκὸς . . λαΐνεος χαλκέῃσιν ἐπὶ γλυφίδεσσιν ἀρήρει A.R. 3.218, cf. Sch. adloc., EM 235.13.

IV. in pl., = θαλάμαι, Hsch.