χερμάδιον
chermadion
large stone, boulder
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χερμάδιον [ᾰ], τό, A. large stone, boulder, such as were used for missiles by the heroes of the Il., ὀκριόεν 4.518; μεγάλα 11.265, cf. 14.410; ὁ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ . . , μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γʼ ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.302, 20.285; twice in Od., ἀνδραχθέσι χερμαδίοισι βάλλον, of the Laestrygones, 10.121, cf. 21.371. II. = χερμάς I, Aen. Tact.38.6.—Not a Dim. of χερμάς, but neut. of an Adj. χερμάδιος, ον, of the shape or size of a χερμάς, μολύβδαιναι χερμάδιοι leaden balls for arm-exercises, Lex. 5.
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