ῥάβδουχ-ος
(properispomenon), ὁ, one who carries a rod or staff of office:
__1 judge, umpire at a contest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 magistrate's attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 734, “UPZ” 3.6 (2nd c.BC, probably), “IG” 9(2).735 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), 1109.24 (Coropa, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.16.35; so, probably, in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: especially at Rome, of the lictors who carried the fasces, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.10, etc.: also ῥαβδοῦχοι, αἱ ] Refs 2nd c.BC+], female attendants on Oenanthe, mother of Agathocles, [[ [prev. author] 15.29.13. ] Refs]