Rhodian, of or from Rhodes, Il. 2.654, etc.; Ῥ. τέχνη the art of painting, Anacreont. 15.3; ἡ Ῥ. (sc. χώρα) Str. 2.4.3, etc.; ῥ. (sc. δραχμή) Rhodian drachma, Roussel Cultes Égyptiens p.236 (Delos, ii B.C.), Inscr.Délos 442 B 204 (pl., ii B.C.): Ῥόδια, τά, a kind of shoes, Hsch.: Ῥόδιον, τό, sc. μέτρον, Ostr.Bodl. iii 369, Ostr.Strassb. 615-617 (ii A.D.), Ostr. i p.765:—cf. Ῥοδιακός.
The corpus record
Ῥόδιος
*rodios
Rhodian, of
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What it meant — LSJ
Rhodian, of, from Rhodes, painting, Rhodian drachma
Where it came from
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