ῥαχία
Ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ μαρτυρεῖ τὸ μὴ θέλειν → Hominem non velle significat silentium → Das Schweigen zeugt davon, dass der, der schweigt, nicht will
English (LSJ)
Ion. ῥηχίη, ἡ,
A flood-tide, opp. ἄμπωτις, Hdt.2.11, 7.198; joined with πλημυρίς (s. v. l.), Id.8.129, cf. Hp. ap. Gal.19.135. 2 the roar of the breakers, metaph. of a crowd of people, ὄχλου τοιούτου ῥαχίαν ἠθροισμένην Posidipp.27.11; ῥ. ποιεῖν ἐν δήμῳ Plu.2.789d, cf. 791a: prov., ῥαχίας λαλίστερος Diogenian.7.99. II rocky shore or beach (πᾶς πετρώδης αἰγιαλός Hsch.), ἁλίστονοι ῥ. A.Pr.713; παρ' αὐτὴν τὴν ῥ. Th.4.10, cf. Plb.3.39.4, Str.16.4.23. 2 = ῥάχις 11.1, S.Fr.1088;= ῥάχις 1, Nonn.D.11.182, 39.334 (v. ad fin.). [ῥᾰ- metri gr. only in late Poets, as AP7.393 (Diocl.); in sense 11.2, Nonn. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with ῥᾱσσω, ῥήσσω, and ἀράσσω; τὸν τόπον ᾧ προσαράττει τὸ κῦμα, Ael.Dion.Fr.427: not cogn. with ῥήγνυμι, which has pan-Hellenic η.)
