R .
R
R , r, rJw`, tov , indecl., seventeenth letter of Gr. Alphabet, as numeral rV = 100, but Ër 100,000. Dialectic and other changes:
1. Aeol ., at the end of words " passed into r , as ou|tor, i{ppor for ou|to", i{ppo" ; cf. Lat. arbor arbos, honor honos .
2.
in
Att.
,
rr
replaced the
Ion.
and old
Att.
r"
, as
a[rrhn, qavrro"
for
a[rshn, qavrso"
.
3.
in some words
r
is transposed, as
kavrto"
Ep.
for
kravto", ajtarpov"
for
ajtrapov", kradivh
for
kardiva
: —mostly in Poets.
II. r at the beginning of a word was pronounced so as to make a short vowel at the end of the word before long by position, as, yucrh; uJpo; rJiph`" Il.
2. by reason of this pronunc., r was doubled after a Prep. or a privat., and after the augment, as ajporrivptw, a[rrwsto", e[rriya .
3. if r begins a word, it takes the rough breathing, except in Aeol.
rJav
rJav »a±1/4 , enclit. Particle, Ep. for a[ra , Hom. , and in lyric passages of Trag.
rJabbiv
rJabbiv, rJabboniv, rJabbouniv , o my Master, Hebr. words in N.T.
rJabdivon
rJabdivon , tov , Dim. of rJavbdo" , a little rod, a wand, Babr.
rJabdomaciva
rJabdo-ma±civa , hJ , ( mavcomai ) a fighting with a staff or foil, Plut.
rJabdonomevw
rJabdonomevw , f. hvsw , to sit as umpire, Soph. From rJabdonovmo"
rJabdonovmo"
rJabdo-novmo" , on , ( nevmw ) holding a rod or wand; hence, like rJabdou`co" , of the Rom. lictors, Plut.
rJavbdo", JRA vBDOS, rJavbdo"
JRA vBDOS , hJ , a rod, wand, stick, switch, Lat. virga , Hom ., Xen.
2.
a magic wand,
as that of Circé or Hermes,
Hom.
3.
a fishing-rod,
Od.:—also
a limed twig,
for catching birds,
Ar.
4.
a spear-staff
or
shaft,
Xen.
5.
a staff of office,
like the earlier
skh`ptron
,
Pind.
6.
the wand borne by the
rJayw/dov"
: hence,
kata; rJavbdon ejpevwn
according to
the measure
of his (Homers) verses,
Pind.
7.
a rod for chastisement,
Plat
.;
aiJ rJavbdoi
the
fasces
of the Roman lictors,
Plut.
II.
a stripe
or
strip,
Il.
rJabdoucevw
rJabdoucevw , f. hvsw , to carry a rod or wand, as a badge of office:— Pass. , at Rome, to have the fasces