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Morphology Lemmata φάλαγξ (external link: φάλαγξ )Forms: φαλάγγοιν (data provider: perseus), φαλάγγων (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγ' (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγα (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγασ (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγε (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγεσ (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγι (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγοσ (data provider: perseus), φάλαγγόσ (data provider: donatus-sup), φάλαγξ (data provider: perseus), φάλαγξι (data provider: perseus), φάλαγξιν (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon Bonitz: Index Aristotelicus Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon φάλαγξ φάλαγξ [φᾰ] , αγγοσ , ἡ , (v. sub fin.) line of battle, battle-array, Hom. only in Il. , once in sg., Τρώων ῥῆξε φάλαγγα Il. 6.6 : elsewh. pl.the ranks of an army in battle, Δαναοὶ ῥήξαντο φάλαγγασ 11.90 ; φάλαγγες ἀνδρῶν 19.158 , Hes. Th. 935; τῶν κάτω Διὸς φαλάγγων S. Ichn. (lyr.) in PTeb. 692 iii 10.
2. heavy infantry (ὁπλῖται ) in battle-order, X. An. 1.8.17, al.; ἡ φ. τῶν ὁπλιτῶν ib.6.5.27, cf. D. 9.49; opp. πελτασταί, X. An. 6.5.25; opp. ἱππεῖς, Id. Cyr. 6.3.2, Ages. 2.9; τοὺς ἱππεῖς πρὸ τῆς φ. ἔστησαν D.S. 20.10 , cf. Plu. Crass. 23; but οἱ Ἕλληνες ἱππεῖς ὥσπερ φ. ἐπὶ τεττάρων παρατεταγμένοι X. HG 3.4.13 : esp. line of battle, opp. κέρασ (column in marching order), ἐπὶ φάλαγγος ἄγειν, opp. κατὰ κέρασ or ἐπὶ κέρως ἄγειν, Id. Cyr. 1.6.43; of ships, Id. HG 6.2.30; ἐκ κέρατος εἰς φ. καταστῆσαι to form from column into line, Id. Cyr. 8.5.15; παρ' ἀσπίδα παραγαγόντας τὴν ἐνωμοτίαν ἐπὶ φάλαγγοσ Id. An. 4.3.26 ; ἐπὶ φάλαγγος καθίστασθαι Id. Cyr. 6.3.21 , cf. An. 6.5.7,25.
b. main body, centre, opp. the wings (κέρατα ), Id. Cyr. 7.1.6, al.
c. camp, εἴσω, ἔξω φάλαγγος, Id. Ages. 2.15. Lac. 12.3, cf. Eq. 8.12.
3. esp. of the Macedonian phalanx, Plb. 18.29sqq., etc.
4. in writers on Tactics:
a. corps of 16384 ὁπλῖται, Ascl. Tact. 2.7, Ael. Tact. 8.3.
b. corps of 8192 ψιλοί ( = ἐπίταγμα , q.v.) Ascl. Tact. 2.7, Arr. Tact. 14.2.
c. contingent of 64 chariots ( = two κέρατα ), Ascl. Tact. 8, Ael. Tact. 22.2.
d. contingent of 64 elephants, ib.23.
5. metaph., λοπάδων παρατεταγμένη φ. Diph. 44.3 ; of a band of pupils, Lib. Ep. 145.1; of a governor's staff (Lat. officium ), Id. Or. 46.11.
II. round piece of wood, trunk, log, φάλαγγες ἐβένου Hdt. 3.97 ; ἐκ κοτίνοιο φ. A.R. 2.843 ; φ. πύξιναι IG 11(2).287 B 145 (Delos, iii B. C. ).
2. pl., rollers for moving heavy loads, A.R. 1.375sq., Orph. A. 270: sg., Phryn. PS p.124B.
3. arm of a balance, Arist. Mech. 849b36; arm of the Danish steelyard, ib.853b25.
III. = φάραγξ , BGU 282.18 (ii A. D.) .
IV. bone between two joints of the fingers and toes, Arist. HA 493b29; pl., Ruf. Onom. 84 (but metacarpals, [Ruf. ] Oss. 22).
2. row of eyelashes, Paul.Aeg. 6.8.
V. = φαλάγγιον 1, Ar. V. 1509, Ra. 1314 (lyr.), Pl.Com. 22, X. Mem. 3.11.6: masc. in Arist. HA 609a5. (The orig. sense was prob. log, cf. OHG balcho 'beam', Lat. sufflamen (for sub-flag-men ) 'brake'.)William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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