ῥάχις
Τὰ μικρὰ κέρδη ζημίας μεγάλας (μείζονας βλάβας) φέρει → Minora noxas lucra maiores ferunt → Die kleinen Ränke tragen große Strafe ein
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.
