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Glare in the Oxford Latin Dictionary records the word rhabdos ~i, f.
Rhabdomancer Miglior acque 2006
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Glare in the Oxford Latin Dictionary records the word rhabdos ~i, f.
Archive 2006-06-01 Miglior acque 2006
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_ It was the custom in Greece for a reciter to hold in his hand a wand or [Greek: rhabdos].
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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Before you can cultivate land you must clear it; and the characteristic weapon of Hephæstus, -- which is as much his attribute as the trident is of Poseidon, and the rhabdos of Hermes, is not, as you would have expected, the hammer, but the clearing-axe -- the doubled-edged
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Before you can cultivate land, you must clear it; and the characteristic weapon of Hephæstus, -- which is as much his attribute as the trident is of Poseidon, and the rhabdos of Hermes, is not, as you would have expected, the hammer, but the clearing-ax -- the double-edged
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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Some think it signifies a blow with a rod or wand, from rhabdos, or with the staff which was the badge of his office.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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(_rhabdos_) of willow: this they hold horizontally; and by the bending of the rod towards the ground they discover the favorable places for sinking wells; a matter of considerable importance in a province so ill-watered as the northern district of Somersetshire, &c.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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(_rhabdos_) of willow: this they hold horizontally; and by the bending of the rod towards the ground they discover the favorable places for sinking wells; a matter of considerable importance in a province so ill-watered as the northern district of Somersetshire, &c.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Our Translators have only rendered rhabdos by ` sceptre 'on a single occasion in the New Testament (Heb. i.
Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863
whichbe commented on the word rhabdos
"In the Odyssey, Circe changes the comrades of Odysseus into swine with her rhabdos or wand. The rhabdos was eventually personified as a demon. Rabdos, the strangler, is one of the devils listed in the Testament of Solomon, which says that he was formerly a wise man of great learning--Hermes."
-- Richard Cavendish, The Black Arts, p. 223
August 25, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word rhabdos
a early form of "booting" (dos)a la bill gates ????? putting a stick to it?????? RNA:DNA implications (should leave one in stitches)
February 14, 2009