, cf. Ar. Av. 1004 ;μολίβδινος κ., i.e. a flexiblerulethat cannot be depended on for straight measurement, Arist. EN 1137b31 (unless = κῦμα ) ; κανόνα ποιῆσαι στρεβλόν
Id. Rh. 1354a26
.
b. ruler,
AP 6.63.2 ( Damoch. ).
c. metaph., κανόνες καὶ πήχεις ἐπῶν
Ar. Ra. 799
; λαμπρὰ μὲν ἀκτὶς ἡλίου, κ. σαφής
E. Supp. 650
.
4. beamortongue of the balance, στῆσαι ἐκ κανόνος
AP 11.334
, cf. Sch. Ar. Ra. 811 .
5. curtain-rod, Chares Fr. 4J.
6. in pl.,reedsof a wind-organ, AP 9.365 ( Jul. Imp.).
7. bed-post, LXX Ju. 13.6 .
8. in pl.,polesfrom which theanciliawere suspended when carried, D.H. 2.71 .
9. pl.,barsof a window, PSI 5.547.9
(iii B. C.).
10. in Music,monochord,κατατομὴ κανόνος, title of work by Euc. , cf. Phld. Mus. p.100K. , Ptol. Harm. 1.8 , 2.12 ;ὀκτάχορδος, πεντεκαιδεκάχορδος κ., ib. 2.2 , 3.1 tit.
11. cross-bar of κιθάρα, Porph.
inHarm.
p.207 .
II. metaph.,rule, standard, κανόνι τοῦ καλοῦ μαθών
;ὁ Ἐπικούρου κ. his treatise on Logic, Id. Fr. 34 , Damox. 2.15 ;ὁ τῆς φιλοσοφίας κ. LXX 4 Ma. 7.21 :Κανόνες,οἱ , title of treatise by Democritus; of a philosophicprinciple, Dam. Pr. 312 .
2. in Art,model, standard,ὁ κ., a statue by Polyclitus which furnished a model of proportions, Plin. HN 34.55 ; also his treatise on the same, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.122 (adnot.); also in Literature, Ἡρόδοτος τῆς Ἰάδος ἄριστος κ., Θουκυδίδης δὲ τῆς Ἀτθίδος
D.H. Pomp. 3
.
c. of a person,severe critic,κ.scriptorum, Cic. Fam. 16.17.1 .
3. Gramm.,general rule,
AB 1180 , Choerob.
inTheod.
2 p.xxi;paradigm, οἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων
A.D. Adv. 141.25
.
b. metricalschemeshowing all possible forms of a verse, Heph. 14.1 , al.
4. in Astronomy and Chronology,tableof dates, κανόνες Χρονικοί
