sceptre
sceptre
subs.
Ar. and V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl. (in P. only used in referense to tragedy as Dem. 418. or in a quotation from Homer as Plato. Gorg. 526c).
Met., kingly power: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κρά̆τος, τό, V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl., θρόνος, ὁ, or pl.; see rule.
subs.
Ar. and V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl. (in P. only used in referense to tragedy as Dem. 418. or in a quotation from Homer as Plato. Gorg. 526c).
Met., kingly power: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κρά̆τος, τό, V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl., θρόνος, ὁ, or pl.; see rule.
SCEPTRE
PROP. sceptrum (regium or regis; ☞ not regale).
Figuratively sceptrum: regnum: imperium. To wield the sceptre regnum administrare.
PROP. sceptrum (regium or regis; ☞ not regale).
Figuratively sceptrum: regnum: imperium. To wield the sceptre regnum administrare.
sceptre:
1. sceptrum: the royal s., s. regale, Ov. M. 5, 422: to receive the s., s. accipere, Virg. Aen. 7, 173. Fig.: (in this sense mostly pl.): wielding the s., sceptra tenens, ib. 1, 57: v.DOMINION , RULE .
2. scīpio, ōnis, m. (a staff): an ivory s., eburneus s., Val. Max. 4, 4, 5: Liv.
3. băcūlum (rare): a silver s., argenteum b., Flor. 3, 19, 10: of s.s used on the stage, Suet. Ner. 24.
1. sceptrum: the royal s., s. regale, Ov. M. 5, 422: to receive the s., s. accipere, Virg. Aen. 7, 173. Fig.: (in this sense mostly pl.): wielding the s., sceptra tenens, ib. 1, 57: v.
2. scīpio, ōnis, m. (a staff): an ivory s., eburneus s., Val. Max. 4, 4, 5: Liv.
3. băcūlum (rare): a silver s., argenteum b., Flor. 3, 19, 10: of s.s used on the stage, Suet. Ner. 24.
sceptre
Sceptre
- of Aesculapius: Paus. 2.10.3
- of Agamemnon worshipped at Chaeronea: Paus. 9.40.11ff.
- of Mistress: Paus. 8.37.4
- sceptre in hand of Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.11.1
- serpents coiled round sceptres: Paus. 9.39.3