A.little rod or shoot, Thphr.HP3.17.6, 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.HA620b32.
3. iron stile, used in encaustic painting, Plu.2.568a, Ath.15.687b.
II. = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.