nifying  any  kind  of  an  offcnfivs
weapon  with  a  long  flafF  or  handle,
as  a  pike,  fpear,  javelin.  The
hajix  of  the  Vclites  were  liglit  and
flender,  each  man  carrying  ieven.
Hajia  lotiga,  was  a  fpear  of  un-
ufual  length,  fcmctirncs  exceeding
twenty  cubits.  The  Grecians  called

them


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tlaem  ^c^oclx  'Navixax<Xi  becaufe
they  were  uied  only  in  naval  en-
gagements.
Hajia  pnra  was  a  fine  fpear  of
wood,  without  any  iron  at  the  end.
It  was  ufually  beftowed,  as  an  h,o-
novary  prefent,  upon  fuch  as  in
ibmc  fligiit  foirmifh  had  killed  one
cf  the  enemy,  hand  to  hand.  The
hnjtn  fara  was  ufed  alio  as  a  fceptre
and  badge  of  authority.  Hence
Virgil  has  given  one  to  Sjh'ius  in
the  ilxth  yEiieid.
-. pirra  ju^jcnis  qui  nititiir  ho.Jla.
In  imitation  of  the  haft  a  fur  a,  in
all  probability,  fome  of  our  officers
of  Ibtc  in  England,  carry  white
rods,  or  Haves,  as  enfigns  ot  thcii-
dignity.
The  hajlaox  fpear  w^as  fet  up  at
all  collefticns  of  taxes  by  ^tcenfors,
and  at  all  aufiiovs,  public  or  pri-
vate, tofignify  that  they  acted  un-
der a  lawful  coniraiihcn.  Hence
the  phrafe,  fub  hajla  'veiidi :  For
the  Ipear,  before  the  fceptre  was
introduced,  was  made  uleofasthe
emblem  of  authority.  When  the
r^/zj^/zif/;-:  afled  as  judges,  a  fpear
was  always  for  the  tiaic  ituck  up  in
thcjhrum.      Sec  Cefiiuru'viri.
As  the  Laf  a  p:tra,  called  fome-
times  donadca  and  gn'.??iiiiea,  v/as
given  as  a  mark  of  honour  for  fome
noble  atcliievementj  fo  the  foldier
was  fbmetimes,  by  way  of  dilgracc
and  pur.ifhment,  obliged  to  rehgn
his  f^pcar ;  this  was  called  Cenjio
hajlaria.
