ἔπαλξις

A. means of defence: mostly in pl., battlements, Il. 12.263, Hdt. 9.7, A. Th. 30,158 (lyr.), E. Ph. 1158, etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες Th. 3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι . . ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι Id. 4.69, cf. 115.

b. in sg., mostly, line of battlements, parapet, Il. 12.381,al. (never in Od.); οἱ παρ’ ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, Th. 2.13, cf. 7.28, Ar. Ach. 72: pl., of individual crenellations, Th. 3.21.

2. generally, defence, protection, πλούτου A. Ag. 381 (lyr.); σωτηρίας E. Or. 1203, etc.

3. court for trial of homicide, EM 353.26, AB 243.