χερμάδιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[large stone]], [[boulder]], such as were used for missiles by the heroes of the Il., ὀκριόεν <span class="bibl">4.518</span>; μεγάλα <span class="bibl">11.265</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.410</span>; ὁ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ... μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν <span class="bibl">5.302</span>, <span class="bibl">20.285</span>; twice in Od., <b class="b3">ἀνδραχθέσι χερμαδίοισι βάλλον</b>, of the Laestrygones, <span class="bibl">10.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.371</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[χερμάς]] ''1'', Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl">38.6</span>.—Not a Dim. of [[χερμάς]], but neut. of an Adj. [[χερμάδιος]], ον, of the [[shape]] or [[size]] of a [[χερμάς]], μολύβδαιναι χερμάδιοι = [[leaden]] [[ball]]s for [[arm]] [[exercise]]s, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>5</span>.</span>