little rod, shoot, the wand
Dim. of ῥάβδος, little rod or shoot, Thphr. HP 3.17.6, Dsc. 1.14; the wand of Hermes, Babr. 117.9, Arr. Epict. 3.20.12; ἀπὸ ῥαβδίου οἰακίζεσθαι, of horses, Str. 17.3.7.
b divining-rod
divining-rod, LXX Ez. 21.21 (26)(cod. A).
2 barbel, filament appended to the lips of certain fishes
barbel or filament appended to the lips of certain fishes, which are said ῥαβδεύεσθαι τοῖς ἐν τῷ στόματι, ἃ καλοῦσιν οἱ ἁλιεῖς ῥαβδία Arist. HA 620b32.
3 iron stile
iron stile, used in encaustic painting, Plu. Vind. 2.568a, Ath. 15.687b.
4 shafts
ῥαβδία ἀκοντίων perh. javelin shafts, BCH 35.16 (Delian inventory).
5 pointer
teacherʼs pointer (or = ῥάβδος I.7), Eudem. ap. Simp. in Ph. 732.32.
II
= ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc. 1.91.