ῥόπᾰλον,τό,
A. club, cudgel, used to beat an ass, Il. 11.559 , 561 ; to walk with, Od. 17.195 ;clubof the Cyclops, 9.319 ; of Heracles, S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 47 , 495 ;war-clubormace, shod with metal, παγχάλκεον
Od. 11.575
, cf. X. HG 7.5.20 ; ῥόπαλα ξύλων τετυλωμένα σιδήρῳ
Hdt. 7.63
; a hunter'sstaff, X. Cyn. 6.11 , 17 : as votive offering, SIG 1106.124 (Cos,iv/iii B.C.): metaph., Πειθόλαος τὴν Πάραλον ῥ. τοῦ δήμου ἐκάλει
Arist. Rh. 1411a13
.
II. membrum virile,
APl. 4.261 ( Leon. ).
III.
v.l. for ῥόπτρον
111 , X. HG 6.4.36 .
IV.
= νυμφαία , Plin. HN 25.75 .