ου (τὸ) [ᾰ]
   I massue ou bâton plus gros par un bout, IL. 11, 559, 561, etc. ; en parl. de la massue du Cyclope, OD. 9, 319 ; de la massue d’Hèraklès, SOPH. Tr. 512 ; AR. Ran. 47, 495 ; particul. massue d’airain, OD. 11, 515 ; p. ext. masse d’armes, HDT. 7, 63 ; XÉN. Hell. 7, 5, 20 ;
   II p. anal. :
      1 verge (membre viril), A. PL. 261 ;
      2 marteau de porte, XÉN. Hell. 6, 4, 36.

Étym. p.-ê. ῥέπω.

τό, club, cudgel, used to beat an ass, Il. 11.559, 561; to walk with, Od. 17.195; club of the Cyclops, 9.319; of Heracles, S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 47, 495; war-club or mace, shod with metal, παγχάλκεον Od. 11.575, cf. X. HG 7.5.20; ῥόπαλα ξύλων τετυλωμένα σιδήρῳ Hdt. 7.63; a hunter΄s staff, X. Cyn. 6.11, 17; as votive offering, SIG 1106.124 (Cos, iv/iii BC); metaph, Πειθόλαος τὴν Πάραλον ῥ. τοῦ δήμου ἐκάλει Arist. Rh. 1411a13.
membrum virile, APl. 4.261 (Leon.). v.l. for ῥόπτρον III, X. HG 6.4.36. = νυμφαία, Plin. HN 25.75.

τό, Keule, Kolbe, womit der Esel geschlagen wird, Il. 11.559, 561 ; Stock zum Stützen, δὸς δέ μοι ῥόπαλον σκηρίπτεσθαι, Od. 17.195 ; Streitkolbe von Erz, 11.575 ; von der Keule des Herakles, Soph. Tr. 510 ; Ar. Ran. 47, 496 ; ξύλων, Her. 7.63 ; Xen. Hell. 7.5.20 u. Folgde. – Auch das männliche Glied, Leon.Tar. 26 (Plan. 261).
Bei Xen. Hell. 6.4.36 ein Ring, mit dem man die Tür zuzieht. S. ῥόπτρον.

1. a club, cudgel , thicker at the buttend; used to cudgel an ass, [Iliad by Homer (8th/7th c.BC)]; to walk with, [Odyssey by Homer (8th/7th c.BC)], etc.:—; a war-club or mace , shod with metal, [Odyssey by Homer (8th/7th c.BC), Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]
2. = ῥόπτρον III, [Xenophon Historicus (5th/4th c.BC)] (ML)