ῥαγή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,= ῥαγάς, ῥῆγμα, Hp.Nat.Puer.12, al.; cf. ῥάγα.

German (Pape)

[Seite 830] ἡ, = ῥαγάς, ῥῆγμα, Hipp. u. sp. Medic.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ῥᾰγή: ἡ, = ῥαγάς, ῥῆγμα. Ἱππ. 235. 41., 236. 4, κτλ.

Greek Monolingual

η / ῥαγή, ΝΑ
ρήγμα, σχισμάδα
νεοελλ.
ιατρ. ασήμαντη ρωγμή οστού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < συνεσταλμένη βαθμίδα ῥαγ- του ῥήγνυμι + κατάλ. -ή (πρβλ. πληγ-ή)].

Frisk Etymological English

(δια-)
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: tore, chink, gap, cleft (Hp.).
Other forms: more usu. ῥαγ-άς, -άδος f. id. (hell. a. late).
Derivatives: -άδιον n. dimin. (Celsus), beside it ῥάγ-δην torrential, fierce, vehement adv. (Plu.) with ῥαγδ-αῖος id. (com., Arist.), -αιότης f. (Poll.); for the meaning cf. ῥαγά (ῥάγα cod.) ἀκμή, βία, ὁρμή H. (also Erot. on ῥαγή).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Primary nouns (resp. adv.) from ῥαγῆναι, ῥήγνυμι, but a form with short α is then impossible (ῥαγῆναι must be analogical). Diff. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 41 n. 3: to ῥάσσω bump); s.v. The word may well be Pre-Greek; note also ῥαγδ-αιος with ῥαγδ- which is hardly taken from ῥάγδην.