δόναξ

donax

pole-reed, Arundo Donax

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10467
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11584
Odyssey 1
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14474

Dictionary (LSJ)

δόναξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, poet. gen. δούνακος AP (v. infr.), dat. δώνακι Theoc. (v. infr.): (δονέω, ‘a reed shaken with the windʼ):—Α. pole-reed, Arundo Donax, smaller than the κάλαμος (Eust.Il. 1165.23), Il. 10.467, Od. 14.474, Thphr. HP 4.11.11, etc.; δόνακες καλάμοιο reed-stalks, h.Merc. 47. 2. bed of reeds, App. BC 3.67, al. II. anything made of reed, 1. shaft of an arrow, Il. 11.584. 2. shepherdʼs pipe, Pi. P. 12.25 (pl.), A. Pr. 574 (lyr.), Theoc. 20.29. 3. fishing-rod or limed reed, AP 7.702 (Apollonid.). 4. bridge of the lyre, Ar. Ra. 232. III. shell-fish, = σωλήν, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.90d.

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