κώδων
κώδων
.κώδων, ωνος,
a bell, Aesch., Eur.:—in fortified towns an officer went round at night with a bell to challenge the sentries, and see that they were awake, Thuc.; ὡς κώδωνα ἐξαψάμενος like one with an alarm-bell in his hand, Dem.