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σπάδιξ

σπάδιξ, bough

σπάδιξ [ᾱ], ῑκος, ἡ, (σπάω)
  • bough or branch torn off, esp. palm-branch or frond, = βάϊς (cf. σπάθη 7), σ. φοίνικος Porph. Abst. 4.7: abs., Plu. QConv. 2.724a: pl. in Lat. spadica (Amm.Marc. 24.3.12); applied to other plants, e.g. ῥυτῆς Nic. Al. 528; ποΐσω ἀργυρέ[α]ν σ. Supp.Epigr. 4.61 (Centuripae, i (?) A.D., but perh. in signf. II).
      • 2 as Adj., palm-coloured, i.e. bay, only Lat. spadix, Verg. G. 3.82, Gell. 2.26.9.
    • II a stringed instrument like the lyre, with high notes, Nicom. Harm. 4, Poll. 4.59; condemned by Quintilian as effeminate, Inst. 1.10.31.
    • III rind stripped from the root of the πρῖνος, Λέξεις Ἡροδότου in Stein Herodotus ii p.469 (Berol. 1871), cf. Hsch. s.v. σπᾶ.

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