ῥαβδίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dim. of [[ῥάβδος]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[little rod]] or [[shoot]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.17.6</span>, Dsc.1.14; [[the wand]] of Hermes, <span class="bibl">Babr.117.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.20.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ῥαβδίου οἰακίζεσθαι</b>, of horses, <span class="bibl">Str.17.3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[divining-rod]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ez.</span>21.21</span> (<span class="bibl">26</span>)(cod. A). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[barbel]] or [[filament appended to the lips of certain fishes]], which are said ῥαβδεύεσθαι τοῖς ἐν τῷ στόματι, ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἁλιεῖς ῥαβδία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>620b32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[iron stile]], used in encaustic painting, Plu.2.568a, <span class="bibl">Ath.15.687b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ῥαβδία ἀκοντίων</b> perhaps javelin [[shafts]], <span class="title">BCH</span>35.16 (Delian inventory). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> teacher's [[pointer]] (or = [[ῥάβδος]] 1.7), Eudem. ap. <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>732.32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἅλιμον]], Ps.-Dsc.1.91.</span>