δράξ

English (LSJ)

ᾰκός, ἡ,

   A handful, πηλοῦ Batr.237; ἀλφίτων Porph.Abst.2.17.    II the hand, τίς ἐμέτρησε τὴν γῆν δρακί; LXX Is.40.12 (so δράξ· παλάμη, Hsch.); τὰς δράκας καρτερῶς σφίγξαι Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44; the claw of the constellation Leo, Ptol.Alm.7.5.    III a measure, Dsc.5.87, Hero *Mens.61.9, Hsch.    IV βακχικαὶ δ., = θύρσοι, Sch.Il.6.134.