Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“πελέκυος” Hdn. Gr.2.707), ὁ, acc. “πέλεκυν” Od.5.234, etc. : dat. pl. πελέκεσι, Ep. “πελέκεσσι” Il. 13.391 :—two-edged axe for felling trees, opp. ἡμιπέλεκκον (q.v.), “π . . . χάλκεος, ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένος” Od.5.234 ; “ὑλοτόμους πελέκεας” Il.23.114 ; “ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι νεήκεσι” 13.391, cf. Pi. O.7.36, P.4.263, E.Fr.472.6 (anap.) ; “π. ξυλοκό πος” X. Cyr.6.2.36, etc.

2. battle-axe, “πελέκεσσι καὶ ἀξίνῃσι μάχοντο” Il.15.711 ; “οὐ δόρασι μάχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πελέκεσι” Hdt.7.135 ; “πελέκεως δίστομος γένυς” E. Fr.530.5 ; sacrificial axe, Il.17.520, Od.3.442 ; executioner's axe, Trag.Adesp.412 ; Τενέδιος π. , prov. of impartial and over-harsh justice, Arist. Fr.593 ; or of summary justice by 'cutting the knot', from the story of Tennes, St.Byz. s.v. Τένεδος (also ὁ Τέννου π. Conon 28) ; τοὺς π. ἀπέλυσε τῶν ῥάβδων took the axes from the fasces of the lictors, Plu. Publ.10, cf. Plb.6.53.8.

3. as an image of perseverance, “κραδίη π. ὣς . . ἀτειρής” Il.3.60.

4. "ἀσκός, π." in a child's game, Thphr. Char.5.5.

5. nickname in Com.Adesp.824 ; cf. πρίων.

6. coin in Cyprus, prob. in Inscr.Cypr. 135.26 H. ; cf. πέλεκυ.

II. a geometrical figure, like the head of a double axe, title of AP15.22 (Simm.). (Cf. Skt. paraśús ; loanword from Bab. pila[kudot ][kudot ], Sumer. balag 'axe'.) [The υ^ of nom. and acc. sg. is in Hom. sts. lengthd., Il.3.60, 17.520 : acc. pl. πελέκεας is in Hom. always trisyll. , ^ ^ _.]