wielding a rod, wand, lictors, umpire
wielding a rod or wand: hence of the Roman lictors, Plu. Aem. 32; umpire, Hsch.
The corpus record
ῥαβδο-νόμος
rabdonomos
wielding a rod
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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