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ῥαβδονόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥαβδονόμος ῥαβδονόμον

Structure: ῥαβδονομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ne/mw

Sense

  1. holding a rod or wand;, lictors

Examples

  • πᾶσ δὲ ναὸσ ἀνέῳκτο καὶ στεφάνων καὶ θυμιαμάτων ἦν πλήρησ, ὑπηρέται τε πολλοὶ καὶ ῥαβδονόμοι τοὺσ ἀτάκτωσ συρρέοντασ εἰσ τὸ μέσον καὶ διαθέοντασ ἐξείργοντεσ ἀναπεπταμένασ τὰσ ὁδοὺσ καὶ καθαρὰσ παρεῖχον. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 32 2:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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