ῥάχις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ιος, Att. εως, ἡ (but ὁ IG42 (v. infr.)),<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[lower part of the back]], the [[chine]], συὸς ῥάχις Il.9.208.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[spine]] or [[backbone]], σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων, τείνει δ' ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς μέχρι πρὸς τὰ ἰσχία Arist.HA516a11, cf. PA654b12, al.; [[ὑπὸ ῥάχιν παγέντες]] = [[impaled]], A. Eu.190, cf. S.Fr.20, E.Cyc.643; μυελὸς κοίλης ῥάχεως Archel. ap. Antig.Mir.89, cf. Pl.Ti.77d, 91a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything [[ridged]] like the [[backbone]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[ridge]] of a [[hill]] or [[mountain]], Hdt.3.54, 7.216, IG42(1).71.14 (Epid., iii B.C.), Plb.3.101.2, D.H.5.44, Str.3.2.3 (pl.); [[ἂν ῥάχιν]] = [[along the ridge]], GDI5075.69 (Crete, i B.C.); so Archil.21 likened Thasos to an ὄνου [[ῥάχις]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ῥάχις ῥινός]] = [[bridge]] of the [[nose]], Poll.2.79, Ruf.Onom.35.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ῥάχις φύλλου]] = [[mid-rib]] of a [[leaf]], Thphr.HP3.7.5, al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> the [[sharp]] [[projection]] on the [[middle]] of the [[shoulderblade]], Gal. UP13.10, Ruf.Onom.71.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[outer]] [[edge]] of the [[arm]] of the [[polypus]], Arist.HA524a7.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[trunk]], of Dagon, [[LXX]] 1 Ki.5.4.