ῥάβδος,ἡ,
A. rod, wand, Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; lighter than theβακτηρίαor walking-stick, X. Eq. 11.4 (but = βακτηρία , Ev.Matt. 10.10 , al.). —Special uses:
1. magic wand, as that of Circe, Od. 10.238 , 319 , etc.; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο
16.172
; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, Il. 24.343 ; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, Pi. O. 9.33 ;divining-rod, Hdt. 4.67 .
2. fishing-rod, Od. 12.251 .
3. limed twig, for catching small birds, Ar. Av. 527 .
4. shaftof a hunting-spear, X. Cyn. 10.3 , 16 .
5. staff of office,likethe earlierσκῆπτρον, Pl. Ax. 367a , LXX Ps. 44(45).7 , 109(110).2 ; carried by aβραβευτής, Phld. Vit. p.25J. :— dub. in A. Supp. 248 forῥαβδοῦχος.
6. wand borne by the
ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον
Call. Fr. 138