sceptre

From LSJ

Τὸ γὰρ θανεῖν οὐκ αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' αἰσχρῶς θανεῖν → Mors ipsa non est foeda, sed foede mori → Das Sterben bringt nicht Schmach, doch sterben in der Schmach

Menander, Monostichoi, 504

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Ar. and V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl. (in P. only used in referense to tragedy as Dem. 418. or in a quotation from Homer as Plato., Gorgias 526C).

Met., kingly power: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό, V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl., θρόνος, ὁ, or pl.; see rule.