ῥαβδίον
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of ῥάβδος,
A little rod or shoot, Thphr.HP3.17.6, Dsc.1.14; the wand of Hermes, Babr.117.9, Arr.Epict.3.20.12; ἀπὸ ῥαβδίου οἰακίζεσθαι, of horses, Str.17.3.7. b divining-rod, LXX Ez.21.21 (26)(cod. A). 2 barbel or filament appended to the lips of certain fishes, which are said ῥαβδεύεσθαι τοῖς ἐν τῷ στόματι, ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἁλιεῖς ῥαβδία Arist.HA620b32. 3 iron stile, used in encaustic painting, Plu.2.568a, Ath.15.687b. 4 ῥαβδία ἀκοντίων perh. javelin shafts, BCH35.16 (Delian inventory). 5 teacher's pointer (or = ῥάβδος 1.7), Eudem. ap. Simp.in Ph.732.32. II = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.
German (Pape)
[Seite 829] τό (ῥάβδιον ist falscher Accent), dim. von ῥάβδος, – 1) Rüthchen, Stäbchen; B. A. 61, 33; Arist. H. A. 9, 37. – 2) bes. ein Eisenstiftchen, dessen sich die Maler bedienten, nachdem sie es glühend gemacht hatten, das Wachs der enkaustischen Malerei damit einzubrennen, veruculum, Tim. lex. Plat. v. χραίνειν; διάπυρον, Plut. de S. N. V. a. E.; vgl. Ath. XV, 687 b. – 3) Streifchen, Sp.
