ῥαβδ-ίον,τό, Dim. of
ῥάβδος,
A. little rodorshoot, Thphr. HP 3.17.6 , Dsc. 1.14 ;the wandof 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. barbelorfilament appended to the lips of certain fishes, which are said ῥαβδεύεσθαι τοῖς ἐν τῷ στόματι, ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἁλιεῖς ῥαβδία
Arist. HA 620b32
.
3. iron stile, used in encaustic painting, Plu. 2.568a , Ath. 15.687b .
4. ῥαβδία ἀκοντίωνperh. javelinshafts, BCH 35.16 (Delian inventory).
5. teacher'spointer(or = ῥάβδος
1.7 ), Eudem. ap. Simp. in Ph. 732.32 .
II.
= ἅλιμον , Ps.- Dsc. 1.91 .