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πλῆκ-τρον , Dor. πλᾶκτρον , τό,
A.anything to strike with:
1. instrument for striking the lyre, plectrum,χρυσέου ὑπὸ π.h.Ap.185, cf. h.Merc.53, Pi.N.5.24, E.HF351 (lyr.); “κεράτινα π.Pl. Lg.795a; “π . . . ξύλινονIG22.1388.80; “κρούειν τῷ π.Pl.Ly.209b; “π. ἐς λύρην ῥάψαιHerod.6.51; “πλήκτρῳ . . πληγῶν γιγνομένωνPl.R.531 b.
2. spear-point,δορὸς διχόστομον π.S.Fr.152 (lyr.); διόβολον π., of lightning, E.Alc.129 (lyr.); a bee's sting, Jul.Or.2.90a.
3. cock's spur, Ar.Av.759, 1365, Arist.HA504b7, PA694a13; also, spur of crayfish, “ὥσπερ π.Id.HA526a5; an analogous bone of the ankle, ib.516b2; part of the thigh-joint, Poll.2.185, Hsch.
5. goad, E.Rh.766.
6. = γλῶσσα, Poll. 2.104.
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