πλῆκτρον

English (LSJ)

Dor. πλᾶκτρον, τό,

   A anything to strike with:    1 instrument for striking the lyre, plectrum, χρυσέου ὑπὸ π. h.Ap.185, cf. h.Merc.53, Pi.N.5.24, E.HF351 (lyr.); κεράτινα π. Pl. Lg.795a; π . . . ξύλινον IG22.1388.80; κρούειν τῷ π. Pl.Ly.209b; π. ἐς λύρην ῥάψαι Herod.6.51; πλήκτρῳ . . πληγῶν γιγνομένων Pl.R.531 b.    2 spear-point, δορὸς διχόστομον π. S.Fr.152 (lyr.); διόβολον π., of lightning, E.Alc.129 (lyr.); a bee's sting, Jul.Or.2.90a.    3 cock's spur, Ar.Av.759, 1365, Arist.HA504b7, PA694a13; also, spur of crayfish, ὥσπερ π. Id.HA526a5; an analogous bone of the ankle, ib.516b2; part of the thigh-joint, Poll.2.185, Hsch.    4 = πηδάλιον, Hdt.1.194, S.Fr.143.    5 goad, E.Rh.766.    6 = γλῶσσα, Poll. 2.104.