COMPOUND: ἔπαλξις, -εως
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘act of defending, defence’, ‘means of defence, battlements’
ETYMOLOGY: ἐπί ‘upon’, ‘against’ + verbal root αλκ- (ἀλέξω) ‘defend, protect’ + noun suf. -σις, -σεως
OCCURRENCE: Il. XII, 258, 263, 308, 375, 381, 397, 406, 424; 430; XXII, 3
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. f. sg., acc. pl., gen. sg., nom. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
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