ἀπορρώξ: Difference between revisions

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