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Headword: Αἰγανέα Adler number: alphaiota,18 Translated headword: Hunting-spear Vetting Status: low Translation:
A javelin [made] entirely of iron.[1]
In the Epigrams: "Teucer the Arab dedicated [to Pan] the skin of a lion ... and even his rustic hunting-spear."[2]
[1] Attic form of an epic word αἰγανέη . Cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.774; Etymologicum Magnum 28.30.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.57.3-4 (Paul the Silentiary); cf. alpha 369 (end), kappa 1144.