ῥανίς
From LSJ
ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, (ῥαίνω)
A drop, πέτρην κοιλαίνει ῥ. ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ Choeril.10, cf. Acus.4 J.; ὑγραὶ ῥ. E.Ion 106 (anap.); δρόσου Id.Andr.227, LXX Wi.11.22; ῥ. βέβληκέ με a rain-drop, Ar.Ach.171, cf. Arist.Mete.349b31, 374a9. 2 semen virile, AP10.45 (Pall.). 3 metaph., drop, spot, τὰ πτίλα ἔχει ῥανίδας Ael.NA17.23, cf. 38; αἱ τοῦ χρυσοῦ ῥ. Philostr.VA3.48.
German (Pape)
[Seite 833] ίδος, ἡ, das Gespritzte, Geträufelte, der Tropfen; δρόσου, Eur. Andr. 236; ῥανίσιν αἱματοῤῥύτοις θανοῦσαν, I. A. 1515, u. öfter; ῥανὶς βέβληκέ με, Ar. Ach. 171; sp. D., wie Pallad. 122 (X, 45); Arist. meteor. 1, 13.
