ἀπορρώξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶγος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἀπορρήγνυμι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">broken off, abrupt, sheer, precipitous</b>, ἀκταί <span class="bibl">Od.13.98</span>; πέτρα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>611a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>41</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Subst., <b class="b2">cliff, precipice</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.7.6.3</span>, etc.; ἀκμή <span class="title">AP</span>7.693 (Apollonid.); [[abyss]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.21.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> fem. Subst., <b class="b2">piece broken off</b>, <b class="b3">Κώκυτός θ' ὃς δὴ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀ</b>. [[branch]] of the Styx, <span class="bibl">Od.10.514</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il. 2.755</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ τόδ' ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρός ἐστιν ἀ</b>. is <b class="b2">an efflux, a distillation</b> of nectar (ἀπόσταγμα Hsch.), <span class="bibl">Od.9.359</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. Ἐρινύων</b> [[limb]] of the Furies, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>811</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἡ δὲ προφητείη δίης φρενός ἐστιν ἀ</b>. Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>40</span>; <b class="b3">μελέων ὀλίγη τις ἀ</b>. some small [[portion]] of melody, <span class="title">AP</span>7.571 (Leont.); <b class="b3">ἀ. δραχμαίη</b> [[portion]] of a drachm's weight, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>518</span>; ἀπορρῶγες σπλάγχνου <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορρὼξ τῆς πόλεως</b>, of Samos, Demad. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.3.99d</span>; μουνογενής τις ἀ. φύλου ἄνωθεν Χαλδαίων <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>247.23</span>.</span>