ῥέγκω
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
A snore, A.Eu.53, Eup. 267, Ar.Nu.5, al.; of horses, snort, E.Rh.785; of a dolphin asleep, Arist.HA537b3, 566b15:—in Ar.Eq.115 also in Med. ῥέγκεται, but (as Sch. observes) only to balance πέρδεται; but cf. ll. cc. infr.—The form ῥέγχω occurs in Hp.Aph.6.51, Arist. ll. cc., Men.Mon.711, Herod.8.2, LXX Jn.1.5,6, Orph.Fr.148: Med., τῆς πλευρᾶς ῥέγχομαι I am wheezing from my lung, POxy.1414.26 (iii A.D.), cf. AP11.343.
German (Pape)
[Seite 837] schnarchen; ῥέγκουσι δ' οὐ πλαστοῖσι φυσιάμασιν, Aesch. Eum. 53; Ar. Nub. 5. 11 u. öfter, auch med., Equ. 115; von Pferden, schnauben, θυμὸν ἐξ ἀντηρίδων ἔρεγκον, Eur. Rhes. 785; Sp., wie Luc. Cont. 1 u. öfter; nach den alten Gramm. altattische Form für ῥέγχω (s. unten). Es ist ein Ouomatopoectikon.
