πηδάλι-ον [ᾰ], τό, (πηδόν)
steering-paddle, rudder, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δὲ ἓν ποιεῦνται (i.e. Αἰγύπτιοι) καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς τρόπιος διαβύνεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Greek ships had a pair, hence in
plural, of a single ship, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι (cross-bars) παρακαθίετο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν π. [
NT]; πηδάλια εἶχε τέτταρα τριακονταπήχη, of the τεσσαρακοντήρης of Ptolemy IV, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] to retire from a seafaring life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, ἱππικὰ π, of reins, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) in
plural, of
the oars by which the nautilus is said to steer himself, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of
the long hind legs of the locust and grasshopper, [
Refs]
III) ={πολύγονον ἄρρεν}, Ps.-[
Refs 1st c.AD+]