ῥάχετρον

English (LSJ)

τό,= ῥάχις, Hsch.; acc. to Phot.

   A the beginning of the spine, acc. to Poll.2.136 the middle; = πλευρόν, Did. ap. Phot.    II butcher's knife or chopper, Poll.7.25; Hsch. cites βράκετον (leg. -τρον) = δρέπανον.

German (Pape)

[Seite 835] τό, der Anfang, die Mitte des Rückgrates, das Rückgrat selbst, Hesych. u. a. VLL.