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|Full diacritics=πλῆκτρον
|Medium diacritics=πλῆκτρον
|Low diacritics=πλήκτρον
|Capitals=ΠΛΗΚΤΡΟΝ
|Transliteration A=plē̂ktron
|Transliteration B=plēktron
|Transliteration C=pliktron
|Beta Code=plh=ktron
|Definition=Dor. πλᾶκτρον, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything to strike with</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">instrument for striking the lyre, plectrum</b>, χρυσέου ὑπὸ π. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>53</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.24</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>351</span> (lyr.); κεράτινα π. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>795a</span>; π . . . ξύλινον <span class="title">IG</span>22.1388.80; κρούειν τῷ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>209b</span>; π. ἐς λύρην ῥάψαι <span class="bibl">Herod.6.51</span>; πλήκτρῳ . . πληγῶν γιγνομένων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>531</span> b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">spear-point</b>, δορὸς διχόστομον π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>152</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">διόβολον π</b>., of lightning, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>129</span> (lyr.); a bee's <b class="b2">sting</b>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.90a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">cock's spur</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>759</span>, <span class="bibl">1365</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>504b7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>694a13</span>; also, <b class="b2">spur</b> of crayfish, ὥσπερ π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>526a5</span>; <b class="b2">an analogous bone of the ankle</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">516b2</span>; <b class="b2">part of the thigh-joint</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.185</span>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> = [[πηδάλιον]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.194</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>143</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">goad</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>766</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> = [[γλῶσσα]], <span class="bibl">Poll. 2.104</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0633.png Seite 633]] τό, Alles, womit man schlägt; insbes. das Instrument, mit welchem der Citherspieler die Saiten schlägt, von Gold oder Elfenbein; H. h. Apoll. 185; Pind. N, 5, 24; κιθάραν ἐλαύνων πλήκτρῳ χρυσέῳ, Eur. Herc. F. 351; Anacr. 59, 5; κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρῳ, Plat. Lys. 209 b, u. öfter. – Bei Soph. frg. 164 auch die Lanzenspitze, u. übh. jedes Werkzeug zum Schlagen, Verwunden, διόβολον, der Blitz, Eur. Alc. 127; auch die Peitsche. – Eine Ruderstange, Her. 1, 194. – Bei Arist. H. A. 2, 12 der Hahnensporn; vgl. Ar. Av. 759. 1365.
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|lstext='''πλῆκτρον''': Δωρ. πλᾶκτρον, τό, ([[πλήσσω]]) τὸ δι’ οὗ πλήττει τίς τι· 1) [[ὄργανον]] δι’ οὗ ἔκρουον τὰς χορδὰς τῆς λύρας, ἐκ χρυσοῦ ἢ ἐλέφαντος, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 185, Πινδ. Ν. 5. 43, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 351· πλ. κεράτινα Πλάτ. Νόμ. 795Α· π. ξύλινον Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 150Β. 29· κρούειν τῷ πλ. Πλάτ. Λῦσ. 209Β· πλήκτρῳ… πληγῶν γιγνομένων ὁ αὐτ. ἐν 531Α. 2) αἰχμὴ δόρατος, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 164· π. διόβολον, ἐπὶ ἀστραπῆς ἢ κεραυνοῦ, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 125· ἐπὶ τοῦ κέντρου μελίσσης, Ἰουλιαν. 90Α. 3) τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνος τὸ πρὸς πλῆξιν χρήσιμον ἐπὶ τοῦ ποδὸς [[κέντρον]], Λατ. calcar, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 759, 1365, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 12, 11, π. Ζ. Μορ. 4. 12, 20, κ. ἀλλ.· ― [[ὡσαύτως]] ἀνάλογόν τι [[ὀστοῦν]] ἐπὶ τῶν σφυρῶν, π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 7, 7. 4) [[κώπη]], Ἡρόδ. 1. 194, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 151.
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|btext=ου (τό) :<br />objet pour frapper :<br /><b>1</b> plectre, sorte d’archet d’instrument à cordes;<br /><b>2</b> éperon de coq, ergot;<br /><b>3</b> trait de foudre;<br /><b>4</b> sorte de rame, pagaie.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[πλήσσω]].
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