ῥόπαλον

hropalon

club, cudgel

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9319
Book 11 1
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11575
Book 17 2
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17195
17236
Iliad 2
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Book 11 2
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11559
11561

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥόπαλον, τό, A. club, cudgel, used to beat an ass, Il. 11.559,561; to walk with, Od. 17.195; club of the Cyclops, 9.319; of Heracles, S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 47,495; war-club or mace, shod with metal, παγχάλκεον Od. 11.575, cf. X. HG 7.5.20; ῥόπαλα ξύλων τετυλωμένα σιδήρῳ Hdt. 7.63; a hunterʼs staff, X. Cyn. 6.11,17: as votive offering, SIG 1106.124 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.): metaph., Πειθόλαος τὴν Πάραλον ῥ. τοῦ δήμου ἐκάλει Arist. Rh. 1411a13. II. membrum virile, APl. 16.261 (Leon.). III. v.l. for ῥόπτρον III, X. HG 6.4.36. IV. = νυμφαία, Plin. HN 25.75.

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