- ῥαβδίον
- ῥαβδ-ίον, τό, Dim. of ῥάβδος,A little rod or shoot, Thphr.HP3.17.6, Dsc.1.14; the wand of Hermes, Babr.117.9, Arr.Epict.3.20.12; ἀπὸ ῥαβδίου οἰακίζεσθαι, of horses, Str.17.3.7.b divining-rod, LXX Ez.21.21 (26)(cod. A).2 barbel or filament appended to the lips of certain fishes, which are said
ῥαβδεύεσθαι τοῖς ἐν τῷ στόματι, ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἁλιεῖς ῥαβδία Arist.HA620b32
.3 iron stile, used in encaustic painting, Plu.2.568a, Ath.15.687b.4 ῥαβδία ἀκοντίων perh. javelin shafts, BCH35.16 (Delian inventory).5 teacher's pointer (or = ῥάβδος 1.7), Eudem. ap. Simp.in Ph.732.32.II = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.
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