ῥάβδουχ-ος(properisp.),ὁ,
A. one who carries a rodorstaff of office:
1. judge, umpire at a contest, Pl. Prt. 338a .
2. magistrate's attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, Ar. Pax 734 , UPZ 3.6 (ii B.C., prob.), IG 9(2).735 (Larissa,iii B.C.), 1109.24 (Coropa,ii B.C.), Act.Ap. 16.35 ; so, prob., in Th. 5.50 : esp. at Rome, of thelictors who carried the fasces, Plb. 5.26.10 , etc.: alsoῥαβδοῦχοι,αἱ ,female attendantson Oenanthe, mother of Agathocles, Id. 15.29.13 .