1. an axe for felling trees, with two edges, opposite to the ἡμιπέλεκκον, (Homer)

2. a sacrificial axe , (Homer)—;That it was not, properly, a battle axe appears from the phrase, οὐ δόρασι μάχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πελέκεσι to fight not with spears only, but with common axes , i. e. to the last, (Herdotus Historicus)

3. in (Theophrastus Philosophus) Char. πέλεκυς as a child's nickname seems to mean a sharp blade. (ML)