ῥαβδίον
τό
A.
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, LXX Ez. 21.21 (26)(cod. A).
2.
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, used in encaustic painting, Plu. 2.568a, Ath. 15.687b.
4.
ῥαβδία ἀκοντίων perh. javelin shafts, BCH 35.16 (Delian inventory).
5.
teacher's pointer (or = ῥάβδος 1.7), Eudem. ap. Simp. in Ph. 732.32.
II.
= ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc. 1.91.