ῥάβδος: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rod, wand</b>, Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; lighter than the <b class="b3">βακτηρία</b> or walking-stick, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>11.4</span> (but = [[βακτηρία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>10.10</span>, al.). —Special uses: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">magic wand</b>, as that of Circe, <span class="bibl">Od.10.238</span>, <span class="bibl">319</span>, etc.; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο <span class="bibl">16.172</span>; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, <span class="bibl">Il.24.343</span>; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.33</span>; <b class="b2">divining-rod</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">fishing-rod</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.251</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">limed twig</b>, for catching small birds, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>527</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">shaft</b> of a hunting-spear, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.3</span>,<span class="bibl">16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">staff of office</b>, like the earlier <b class="b3">σκῆπτρον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>367a</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>44(45).7</span>, <span class="bibl">109(110).2</span>; carried by a <b class="b3">βραβευτής</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.25J.</span>:— dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>248</span> for <b class="b3">ῥαβδοῦχος</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">wand borne by the</b> ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>138</span> ( = <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>3.10P.</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Paus. 9.30.3</span>: hence <b class="b3">κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων</b> according to the <b class="b2">measure</b> of his (Homer's) verses, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).38(56)</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">rod for chastisement</b>, ῥ. κοσμοῦσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>700c</span>; <b class="b3">μάστιξ ἢ ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">riding-switch</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.4</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. βοηλάτις</b> ox-<b class="b2">goad</b>, APl.4.200 (Mosch.); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>51</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span> 11.153 (Lucill.): of the <b class="b2">fasces</b> of the Roman lictors, <span class="bibl">Plb.11.29.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.5.2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Luc.</span>36</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">at</b> (i.e. <b class="b2">ad) quinque fasces (CIL</b><span class="bibl">8.7044</span> (Numidia)), <span class="title">OGI</span>543.18 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.175 (ibid., ii A.D.); cf. <b class="b3">ῥαβδονόμος, ῥαβδοῦχος</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">shepherd's staff</b> or <b class="b2">crook</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>22(23).4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mi.</span>7.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">ῥ. κληρονομίας</b> <b class="b2">measuring-rod</b>, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>73(74).2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b2">stitch</b>, ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον <span class="bibl">Il.12.297</span> (unless it means <b class="b2">rivets, studs</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">young shoot</b> of some trees, Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">40</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">streak</b> or <b class="b2">stripe</b> on the skin of animals, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>525a12</span>; of fish, <span class="bibl">Clearch. 73</span>; of clothes, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.53</span>; <b class="b2">fluting</b> of a column, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.448.7 (Didyma, ii B.C., pl.); of minerals, <b class="b2">vein</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.12.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.37</span>; <b class="b2">streak</b> or <b class="b2">shaft</b> of light, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>377a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>395a31</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Gramm., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">line, verse</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">a critical mark</b>, like [[ὀβελός]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">stroke</b> forming a letter, <span class="bibl">Theodect.6.6</span>.</span>

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