ῥάβδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[rod]], [[wand]], Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; lighter than the [[βακτηρία]] or [[walking]]-[[stick]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>11.4</span> (but = [[βακτηρία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>10.10</span>, al.). —Special uses: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[magic wand]], as that of [[Circe]], <span class="bibl">Od.10.238</span>, <span class="bibl">319</span>, etc.; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο <span class="bibl">16.172</span>; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, <span class="bibl">Il.24.343</span>; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.33</span>; [[divining-rod]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[fishing-rod]], <span class="bibl">Od.12.251</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[lime]]d [[twig]], for catching small [[bird]]s, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>527</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[shaft]] of a [[hunting]]-[[spear]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.3</span>,<span class="bibl">16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[staff of office]], like the earlier [[σκῆπτρον]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>367a</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>44(45).7</span>, <span class="bibl">109(110).2</span>; carried by a [[βραβευτής]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.25J.</span>:— dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>248</span> for [[ῥαβδοῦχος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[wand]] borne by the [[ῥαψῳδός]], τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>138</span> ( = <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>3.10P.</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Paus. 9.30.3</span>: hence [[κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων]] [[according]] to the [[measure]] of his ([[Homer]]'s) [[verse]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).38(56)</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> [[rod for chastisement]], ῥ. κοσμοῦσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>700c</span>; [[μάστιξ ἢ ῥάβδος ]] = [[riding-switch]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.4</span>; ῥάβδος [[βοηλάτις]] [[ox]]-[[goad]], APl.4.200 (Mosch.); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>51</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span> 11.153 (Lucill.): of the [[fasces]] of the Roman [[lictor]]s, <span class="bibl">Plb.11.29.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.5.2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Luc.</span>36</span>; [[πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους]] = Lat. [[at quinque fasces]],  [[ad quinque fasces]] (CIL</b><span class="bibl">8.7044</span> (Numidia)), <span class="title">OGI</span>543.18 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.175 (ibid., ii A.D.); cf. [[ῥαβδονόμος]], [[ῥαβδοῦχος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> [[shepherd]]'s [[staff]] or [[crook]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>22(23).4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mi.</span>7.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> [[ῥάβδος κληρονομίας]] [[measuring-rod]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>73(74).2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> [[stitch]], ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον <span class="bibl">Il.12.297</span> (unless it means [[rivet]]s, [[stud]]s). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[young shoot]] of some trees, Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">40</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[streak]] or [[stripe]] on the [[skin]] of [[animal]]s, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>525a12</span>; of fish, <span class="bibl">Clearch. 73</span>; of clothes, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.53</span>; [[fluting]] of a [[column]], <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.448.7 (Didyma, ii B.C., pl.); of minerals, [[vein]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.12.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.37</span>; [[streak]] or [[shaft]] of [[light]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>377a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>395a31</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Gramm., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[line]], [[verse]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> a [[critical]] [[mark]], like [[ὀβελός]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[stroke]] forming a [[letter]], <span class="bibl">Theodect.6.6</span>.</span>