βακτηρ-ία,ἡ,
A. staff, cane,
Ar. Ach. 682 , Th. 8.84 , Lys. 24.12 , X. Eq. 11.4 , etc.;συκίνη β.,
= ς. ἐπικουρία (q.v.), Alciphr. 1.39 , Macar. 7.83 .
II. wand,as a badge of office, carried byδικασταί,
D. 18.210 ; ὁ λαβὼν τὴν β. βαδίζει εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον τὸ ὁμόχρων τῇ β.
Arist. Ath. 65.2
. (Cf. Lat.baculum, imbēcillus,OIr.bacc'crook, curved stick'.)