σπάδιξ[ᾱ],ῑκος,ἡ,(σπάω)
A. boughorbranch torn off, esp.palmbranchorfrond,=βάϊς(cf. σπάθη
7
), ς. φοίνικος
Porph. Abst. 4.7
: abs., Plu. 2.724a : pl. in Lat.spadica( Amm.Marc. 24.3.12 ); applied to other plants, e.g. ῥυτῆς
Nic. Al. 528
;ποί̈σω ἀργυρέ[α]ν ς. Supp.Epigr. 4.61 (Centuripae, i (?) A.D. , but perh. in signf. 11 ).
2. asAdj.,palm-coloured, i.e.bay, only Lat.spadix, Verg. G. 3.82 , Gell. 2.26.9 .
II. a stringed instrument like the lyre, with high notes, Nicom. Harm. 4 , Poll. 4.59 ; condemned by Quintilian as effeminate, Inst. 1.10.31 .
III. rind stripped from the root of the πρῖνος, Λέξεις Ἡροδότουin SteinHerodotusii p.469 (Berol. 1871 ), cf. Hsch.
s.v. σπᾶ .