δόναξ
donax
pole-reed, Arundo Donax
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δόναξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, poet. gen. δούνακος AP (v. infr.), dat. δώνακι (v. infr.): (δονέω, ‘a reed shaken with the windʼ):—
‹ All lexicon entries pole-reed, Arundo Donax, smaller than the κάλαμος (Eust. Il. 1165.23), Il. 10.467, Od. 14.474, HP 4.11.11, etc.; δόνακες καλάμοιο reed-stalks, h.Merc. 47.
2. bed of reeds, BC 3.67, al.
II. anything made of reed,
1. shaft of an arrow, Il. 11.584.
2. shepherdʼs pipe, P. 12.25 (pl.), Pr. 574 (lyr.), 20.29.
3. fishing-rod or limed reed, AP 7.702 ().
4. bridge of the lyre, Ra. 232.
III. shell-fish, = σωλήν, ap. 3.90d.