πέλεκυς , εος, pl. dat. πελέκεσσι:
axe or hatchet, for felling trees,
Il. 23.114, Il. 17.520; double-edged, Od. 5.234, see ἡμιπέλεκκα. A sacrificial instrument in Od. 3.449. In the contest with the bow of
Odysseus the ‘axes’ were either axheads without
the handles, arranged in line, or iron blocks resembling axes, made
for the purpose of target-shooting, Od.
19.573.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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