ῥάχις

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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

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Full diacritics: ῥᾰχις Medium diacritics: ῥάχις Low diacritics: ράχις Capitals: ΡΑΧΙΣ
Transliteration A: rháchis Transliteration B: rhachis Transliteration C: rachis Beta Code: r(a/xis

English (LSJ)

ιος, Att. εως, ἡ (but ὁ IG42 (v. infr.)),

   A the lower part of the back, the chine, συὸς ῥ. Il.9.208.    2 spine or backbone, σύγκειται ἡ ῥ. 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.    II anything ridged like the backbone:    1 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 like ned Thasos to an ὄνου ῥάχις.    2 ῥ. ῥινός bridge of the nose, Poll.2.79, Ruf.Onom.35.    3 ῥ. φύλλου mid-rib of a leaf, Thphr.HP3.7.5, al.    4 the sharp projection on the middle of the shoulder-blade, Gal. UP13.10, Ruf.Onom.71.    5 outer edge of the arm of the polypus, Arist.HA524a7.    6 trunk, of Dagon, LXX 1 Ki.5.4.

German (Pape)

[Seite 836] ἡ, 1) der Rücken von Menschen und Thieren; συὸς ῥάχις, Il. 9, 208; τὴν ῥάχιν θλίβειν, Ar. Lys. 314; – gew. der hervorstehende scharfe Theil von den Fortsätzen der Rückgratswirbel, das Rückgrat selbst, ὑπὸ ῥάχιν παγέντες, Aesch. Eum. 181; ἀμπείρας ῥάχιν, Eur. Rhes. 514; u. in Prosa, Plat. Tim. 77 d 91 a, Xen. equit. 5, 5. 7, 2; u. Sp., ἱερή, Agath. 55 (IX, 644). – Auch die scharfe, vorstehende Rippe auf der Mitte des Schulterblattes, u. ῥάχις ῥινός, das Nasenbein, u. φύλλου, Rippe des Blattes, Theophr. – 2) übtr., ῥάχις ὄρεος, Bergrücken, Her. 3, 54. 7, 216; bes. von den höheren, hervorragenden rauhen Theilen eines Gebirges, Gebirgskamm, Berggrat, ἡ ἐπὶ τὰ πεδία κατατείνο υσα ῥάχις, Pol. 3, 101, 2; ῥάχει δυσβάτῳ καὶ τραχείᾳ, 5, 69, 1; Strab. u. A.; ὀρεινή, D. Hal. 5, 44; ὀργάδος, Agath. 30 (VI, 41).