πηδάλι-ον [ ᾰ], τό, ( πηδόν )
steering-paddle, rudder, Hom., only in Od.; π. μετὰ χερσὶ . . νηὸς ἔχοντα 3.281; π. ποιήσατο, ὄφρ’ ἰθύνοι 5.255; πηδαλίῳ ἰθύνετο τεχνηέντως ἥμενος ib. 270; π. δὲ ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε ib. 315; π. δὲ ἓν ποιεῦνται (sc. Αἰγύπτιοι ) καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς τρόπιος διαβύνεται Hdt. 2.96; Greek ships had a pair, hence in pl., of a single ship, Id. 4.110, Cratin. 139, Ar. Eq. 542, Diph. 43.11; πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι (cross-bars) παρακαθίετο E. Hel. 1536; ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν π . [Act 27:40]; πηδάλια εἶχε τέτταρα τριακονταπήχη, of the τεσσαρακοντήρης of Ptolemy IV, Callix. 1: metaph. in Com., [ γυνὴ] . . οὐδὲ μικρὸν πείθεται ἑνὶ πηδαλίῳ Theophil. 6: prov., π. κρεμάσαι to retire from a seafaring life, Ar. Av. 711 .
2. metaph., ἱππικὰ π ., of reins, A. Th. 206 (lyr.); νώμα δικαίῳ π. στρατόν Pi. P. 1.86; τὰ π. τῆς διανοίας Pl. Clit. 408b .
II in pl., of the oars by which the nautilus is said to steer himself, Arist. HA 622b13; of the long hind legs of the locust and grasshopper, ib. 532a29, 535b12, cf. IA 710a3 .
III = πολύγονον ἄρρεν, Ps.- Dsc. 4.4.
G4079 — πηδάλιον
πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship's rudder:. [Act 27:40] (on the plural see Smith, Voy. and Shipwreck of St. Paul, 4th edition, p. 183ff; B. D., under the word, Ship (2); cf. Graser, Das Seewesen des Alterthums, in the Philologus for 1865, p. 266f); [Jam 3:4].
* πηδάλιον , - συ , τό
( < πηδός , the blade of an oar),
a rudder: [Jas 3:4]; pl ., [Act 27:40]. †