ῥάκος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], εος, τό,

   A ragged, tattered garment, δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι Od. 6.178, cf. 13.434, 14.342,349 (never in Il.); ἀνθ' ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ. Ar.Pl.540; ῥ. φορεῖ Antiph.204.6, PPetr.3p.115 (iii B.C.), cf. Philem. 146: freq. in pl. ῥάκεα, Att. ῥάκη, rags, tatters, Od.14.512, 18.67,74, 19.507,al., Hdt.3.129, S.Ph.39,274; ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι Isoc.Ep. 9.10.    2 generally, strip of cloth, ῥάκεα φοινίκεα Hdt.7.76, cf. Ev.Matt.9.16, Arr.Tact.35.3: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ. A.Pr. 1023.    3 collectively, rag, lint, Hp.Morb.2.36; ῥάκη λινᾶ Dsc.5.75.15.    II in pl. also, rents in the face, wrinkles, Ar.Pl.1065.    III metaph., rag, remnant, εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας Anon. ap. Arist. Rh.1413a6; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ. AP9.242 (Antiphil.), cf. 7.380 (Crin.), Luc.Tim.32.—The Aeol. form βράκος (q.v.), used of a garment, lacks the sense 'ragged'.