χερμάδιον

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.