δράξ

A. handful, πηλοῦ Batr. 237; ἀλφίτων Porph. Abst. 2.17.

II. the hand, τίς ἐμέτρησε τὴν γῆν δρακί; LXX Is. 40.12 (so δράξ· παλάμη, Hsch.); τὰς δράκας καρτερῶς σφίγξαι Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44; the claw of the constellation Leo, Ptol. Alm. 7.5.

III. a measure, Dsc. 5.87, Hero *Mens. 61.9, Hsch.

IV. βακχικαὶ δ., = θύρσοι, Sch.Il. 6.134.