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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rod]], [[wand]], Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; lighter than the [[βακτηρία]] or [[walking stick]], X.''Eq.''11.4 (but = [[βακτηρία]], ''Ev.Matt.''10.10, al.). —Special uses:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[magic wand]], as that of [[Circe]], Od.10.238, 319, etc.; that with which [[Athena]] touched [[Odysseus]], to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο 16.172; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, Il.24.343; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, Pi.''O.''9.33; [[divining rod]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.67.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fishing rod]], Od.12.251.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lime]]d [[twig]], for catching small [[bird]]s, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''527.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[shaft]] of a [[hunting spear]], X.''Cyn.''10.3,16.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[staff of office]], like the earlier [[σκῆπτρον]], Pl.''Ax.''367a, [[LXX]] ''Ps.''44(45).7, 109(110).2; carried by a [[βραβευτής]], Phld.''Vit.''p.25J.:—dub. in A.''Supp.''248 for [[ῥαβδοῦχος]].<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[wand]] borne by the [[ῥαψῳδός]], τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον Call.''Fr.''138 (= ''Fr.''3.10P.), cf. Paus. 9.30.3: hence [[κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων]] [[according]] to the [[measure]] of his ([[Homer]]'s) [[verse]]s, Pi.''I.''4(3).38(56).<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[rod for chastisement]], ῥ. κοσμοῦσα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''700c; [[μάστιξ ἢ ῥάβδος]] = [[riding-switch]], X.''Eq.''8.4; ῥάβδος [[βοηλάτις]] [[ox]]-[[goad]], APl.4.200 (Mosch.); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις Plu.''Alex.''51, cf. ''AP'' 11.153 (Lucill.): of the [[fasces]] of the Roman [[lictor]]s, Plb.11.29.6, D.H.4.11, Str.5.2.2, Plu.''Publ.''10, ''Luc.''36; [[πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους]] = Lat. [[at quinque fasces]], [[ad quinque fasces]] (CIL8.7044 (Numidia)), ''OGI''543.18 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), ''IGRom.''3.175 (ibid., ii A.D.); cf. [[ῥαβδονόμος]], [[ῥαβδοῦχος]].<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[shepherd]]'s [[staff]] or [[crook]], [[LXX]] ''Ps.''22(23).4, ''Mi.''7.14.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[ῥάβδος κληρονομίας]] = [[measuring rod]], ib.''Ps.''73(74).2.<br><span class="bld">10</span> [[stitch]], ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον Il.12.297 (unless it means [[rivet]]s, [[stud]]s).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[young shoot]] of some trees, Ion Trag.40, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.1.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[streak]] or [[stripe]] on the [[skin]] of [[animal]]s, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''525a12; of fish, Clearch. 73; of clothes, Poll.7.53; [[fluting]] of a [[column]], ''Supp.Epigr.''4.448.7 (Didyma, ii B.C., pl.); of minerals, [[vein]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 4.12.6, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]5.37; [[streak]] or [[shaft]] of [[light]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''377a30, ''Mu.''395a31, [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''11.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in Gramm.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[line]], [[verse]], Sch.Pi.''I.''4.63.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[critical]] [[mark]], like [[ὀβελός]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[stroke]] forming a [[letter]], Theodect.6.6.