χερμάδιον
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], τό,
A large stone, boulder, such as were used for missiles by the heroes of the Il., ὀκριόεν 4.518; μεγάλα 11.265, cf. 14.410; ὁ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ... μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.302, 20.285; twice in Od., ἀνδραχθέσι χερμαδίοισι βάλλον, of the Laestrygones, 10.121, cf. 21.371. II = χερμάς 1, Aen. Tact.38.6.—Not a Dim. of χερμάς, but neut. of an Adj. χερμάδιος, ον, of the shape or size of a χερμάς, μολύβδαιναι χερμάδιοι leaden balls for arm-exercises, Luc.Lex.5.
