πλῆκτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[πλᾶκτρον]], τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[anything to strike with]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[instrument for striking the lyre]], [[plectrum]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[spear-point]], δορὸς διχόστομον π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>152</span> (lyr.); [[πλῆκτρον διόβολον]], [[διόβολον πλῆκτρον]], of [[lightning]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>129</span> (lyr.); a bee's [[sting]], <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.90a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[cock's spur]], <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, [[spur]] of crayfish, ὥσπερ π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>526a5</span>; [[an analogous bone of the ankle]], ib.<span class="bibl">516b2</span>; [[part of the thigh-joint]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.185</span>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">5</span> [[goad]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>766</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> = [[γλῶσσα]], <span class="bibl">Poll. 2.104</span>.</span>