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4 entries for bisection of a phalanx

λ672Λοξὴ φάλαγξcrooked battle-line, crooked phalanx… 671 [1] Cited from Aelian the Tactician 30.3. The crooked phalanx is frequently mentioned in tactical manuals, from Asclepiodotus onwards. In historical accounts it is mentioned in Diodorus Siculus 15.55.2 and Plutarch, Pelopidas 23.1. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2540Κοιλέμβολονhollow-wedge… also Asclepiodotus 11.5 for the cognate adjective koile/mbolos ("hollow-wedged" sc. phalanx).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1616Ἐξελιγμῶνcountermarches… front of him. In these types of countermarch the entire phalanx ends up facing the opposite direction in a position either behind (Lakonian) or ahead of (Macedonian) their previous position. In the Dancing (here, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι537Ἱππεῖςcavalrymen, horsemen, knights… one (a hoplite infantryman, 'yoked' to his comrades in the phalanx). For the latter view -- taken by P.J. Rhodes with his translation 'rankers' -- see D. Whitehead, 'The archaic Athenian zeugitai', Classical Quarterly …Matched in noteshighmedium