πηδάλιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, ([[πηδόν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[steering-paddle]], [[rudder]], Hom., only in Od.; π. μετὰ χερσὶ… νηὸς ἔχοντα 3.281; π. ποιήσατο, ὄφρ' ἰθύνοι 5.255; <b class="b3">πηδαλίῳ ἰθύνετο τεχνηέντως ἥμενος</b> ib.270; <b class="b3">π. δὲ ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε</b> ib.315; <b class="b3">π. δὲ ἓν ποιεῦνται</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[Αἰγύπτιοι]]) καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς τρόπιος διαβύνεται Hdt.2.96; Greek ships had a pair, hence in plural, of a single ship, Id.4.110, Cratin.139, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''542, Diph.43.11; <b class="b3">πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι</b> (cross-bars) παρακαθίετο E.''Hel.''1536; <b class="b3">ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν π.</b> ''Act.Ap.''27.40; <b class="b3">πηδάλια εἶχε τέτταρα τριακονταπήχη</b>, of the [[τεσσαρακοντήρης]] of [[Ptolemy]] IV, Callix.1: metaph. in Com., [γυνὴ]… οὐδὲ μικρὸν πείθεται ἑνὶ πηδαλίῳ Theophil.6: [[proverb|prov.]], [[πηδάλια κρεμάσαι]] = to [[retire]] from a seafaring [[life]], Ar.''Av.''711.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[ἱππικὰ πηδάλια]], of [[rein]]s, A.''Th.''206(lyr.); νώμα δικαίῳ π. στρατόν Pi.''P.''1.86; τὰ πηδάλια τῆς διανοίας Pl.''Clit.''408b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, of the [[oar]]s by which the [[nautilus]] is said to [[steer]] himself, Arist.''HA''622b13; of the long hind [[leg]]s of the [[locust]] and [[grasshopper]], ib.532a29,535b12, cf. ''IA''710a3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[πολύγονον ἄρρεν]] ([[knotgrass]], [[knot-grass]], [[Polygonum aviculare]], [[prostrate knotweed]], [[birdweed]], [[pigweed]], [[lowgrass]]), Ps.-Dsc.4.4.