ῥόπαλον

A. club, cudgel, used to beat an ass, Il. 11.559,561; to walk with, Od. 17.195; club of the Cyclops, 9.319; of Heracles, S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 47,495; war-club or mace, shod with metal, παγχάλκεον Od. 11.575, cf. X. HG 7.5.20; ῥόπαλα ξύλων τετυλωμένα σιδήρῳ Hdt. 7.63; a hunter's staff, X. Cyn. 6.11,17: as votive offering, SIG 1106.124 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.): metaph., Πειθόλαος τὴν Πάραλον ῥ. τοῦ δήμου ἐκάλει Arist. Rh. 1411a13.

II. membrum virile, APl. 4.261 (Leon.).

III. v.l. for ῥόπτρον 111, X. HG 6.4.36.

IV. = νυμφαία, Plin. HN 25.75.