πλῆκτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[πλᾶκτρον]], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[anything to strike with]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[instrument for striking the lyre]], [[plectrum]], χρυσέου ὑπὸ π. ''h.Ap.''185, cf. ''h.Merc.''53, Pi.''N.''5.24, E.''HF''351 (lyr.); κεράτινα π. Pl. ''Lg.''795a; π… ξύλινον ''IG''22.1388.80; κρούειν τῷ π. Pl.''Ly.''209b; π. ἐς λύρην ῥάψαι Herod.6.51; πλήκτρῳ… πληγῶν γιγνομένων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 531 b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[spear-point]], δορὸς διχόστομον π. S.''Fr.''152 (lyr.); [[πλῆκτρον διόβολον]], [[διόβολον πλῆκτρον]], of [[lightning]], E.''Alc.''129 (lyr.); a bee's [[sting]], Jul.''Or.''2.90a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cock's spur]], Ar.''Av.''759, 1365, Arist.''HA''504b7, ''PA''694a13; also, [[spur]] of crayfish, ὥσπερ π. Id.''HA''526a5; [[an analogous bone of the ankle]], ib.516b2; [[part of the thigh-joint]], Poll.2.185, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[πηδάλιον]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.194, S.''Fr.''143.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[goad]], E.''Rh.''766.<br><span class="bld">6</span> = [[γλῶσσα]], Poll. 2.104.