1. σπάδιξ · spadix — Beekes
σπάδιξ, onddiov, σπάδων, σπαδών, σπάτος, etc. -οσπάω. — [Beekes, s.v. σπάδιξ, p. 1425]
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σπάδιξ
spadix
onddiov, σπάδων, σπαδών, σπάτος, etc
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What it meant
2. σπάδιξ · spadix — Chantraine
σπάδιξ, σπάδιον, σπάδων, σπαδών, σπάτος, etc., voir σπάω. — [Chantraine, s.v. σπάδιξ, p. 1051]
3. σπάδιξ · spadix — Frisk
σπάδιξ, σπάδιον, σπάδων, σπαδών, σπάτος USW. 5. σπάω. — [Frisk, s.v. σπάδιξ, p. 1727]
4. σπάδιξ · spadix — LSJ
bough, branch torn off, palm-branch, frond
bough or branch torn off, esp. palm-branch or frond, = βάϊς (cf. σπάθη 7), σ. φοίνικος Porph. Abst. 4.7: abs., Plu. QConv. 2.724a: pl. in Lat. spadica (Amm.Marc. 24.3.12); applied to other plants, e.g. ῥυτῆς Nic. Al. 528; ποΐσω ἀργυρέ[α]ν σ. Supp.Epigr. 4.61 (Centuripae, i (?) A.D., but perh. in signf. II).
2 palm-coloured, bay
as Adj., palm-coloured, i.e. bay, only Lat. spadix, Verg. G. 3.82, Gell. 2.26.9.
II a stringed instrument like the lyre
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
rind stripped from the root of the πρῖνος, Λέξεις Ἡροδότου in Stein Herodotus ii p.469 (Berol. 1871), cf. Hsch. s.v. σπᾶ.
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