κηρύκ-ειον, Ion.
κηρυκ-ήϊον, Dor.
κᾱρύκειον,τό,
A. herald's wand, Hdt. 9.100 , Th. 1.53 , IG 12(8).51.24 (Imbros,ii B.C.), Ph. 2.560 ;κ. συμπεπλεγμένα ἐκ τῶν θαλλῶν,
= ἱκετηρίαι , Din. 1.18 : prov.,τὸ κ. ἢ τὴν μάχαιραν'peace or the sword', Phot. : as signet, Tab.Heracl. 1.4 , 2.3 ;κηρύκ-ιον, Ar. Fr. 518 , Hsch.
s.v. δράκοντα ; also withῠ, AP 11.124 ( Nicarch. ).
2. the constellationCaduceus, Hipparch. ap. Gem. 3.13 (-ιονcodd.), Vett.Val. 7.6 .
II. tax on auction sales, PSI 5.543.59
(iii B.C.), PEleph. 14.12
(iii B.C.);auctioneer's fee, SIG 1011.23 (Chalcedon,iii/ii B.C.), Suid. ;φέρειν ἠξίου κηρύκιονstooped to win atale-bearer's fee, Jul. Or. 2.96a .
III. the stonewhence the herald made his proclamations, Hsch. , Suid.
IV. surgical machine, Orib. 49.4.64 .