πέλυξ
υκος, ὁ
A.
= πέλλα 1, Poll. 10.105.
II.
a kind of axe, LXX Je. 23.29, Babr. 64.9 (with υ), Ath. 9.392b, PHamb. 10.40 (ii A.D.) ; rejected as barbarous by Phot. s.v. πέλεκυς :—Dim. πελύκιον, τό, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6,17, PRyl. 393v 15 (ii/iii A. D.).