βακτηρία
bakteria
staff, cane
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βακτηρία, ἡ, A. staff, cane, Ach. 682, 8.84, 24.12, Eq. 11.4, etc.; συκίνη β., = σ. ἐπικουρία (q.v.), 1.39, 7.83. II. wand, as a badge of office, carried by δικασταί, 18.210; ὁ λαβὼν τὴν β. βαδίζει εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον τὸ ὁμόχρων τῇ β. Ath. 65.2. (Cf. Lat. baculum, imbēcillus, OIr. bacc ‘crook, curved stick’.)
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