II. spear, Il.12.45, etc.; δαμασίμβροτος αἰ. Pi.O. 9.79; πρὸς τὴν αἰχμὴν ἐτράπετο took to his spear, Hdt.3.78; αἰχμῇ εἷλε with the spear, i.e. in war, Id.5.94; otherwise rare in Prose, X.Cyr. 4.6.4.
b. metaph. of the trident of Poseidon, A.Pr.925.
2. body of spear-bearers, Pi.O.7.19, E.Heracl.276.