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|Definition=or ῥηγ-μίς (neither form is found, unless [<b class="b3">ῥηγμὶ]ν</b> is to be restd. in <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.272.1(Elaea, cf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">Wiener Sitzb</b>.214(4).26)), gen.ῖνος, ἡ, <b class="b2">sea breaking on the beach, surf</b> (v. ῥήγνυμι B.1), ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος ἁλὸς . . θέεσκον <span class="bibl">Il.20.229</span>; <b class="b3">κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα βαθεῖαν τύπτετε</b>, of the <b class="b2">broken sea</b> between Scylla and Charybdis, <span class="bibl">Od.12.214</span>; with the Prep. <b class="b3">ἐπί</b>, it may be rendered <b class="b2">at the sea's edge</b>, ἐκ . . βαῖνον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.1.437</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.150</span>; <b class="b3">κοιμήθημεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης</b> ib.<span class="bibl">169</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.13</span>; ἄκραις ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖσιν ἀξένου πόρου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>253</span>; also λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥ. θαλάσσης δίσκοισιν τέρποντο <span class="bibl">Il.2.773</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.449</span>; ὅταν κυμαίνουσα ἐκβάλλῃ [ἡ θάλαττα], . . παχεῖαι καὶ σκολιαὶ γίνονται αἱ ῥ.· ὅταν δὲ γαλήνη ᾖ, . . λεπταί εἰσι καὶ εὐθεῖαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>367b14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ῥ. βίοιο</b> <b class="b2">verge</b> of life, i.e. <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.20.5</span>; ὥσπερ ῥηγμῖνα οὖσαν ἀέρος τὴν νεφέλην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>367b19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἀπορπύματα</b> (fort. <b class="b3">ἀπορρήγματα</b>) <b class="b3"> τῆς πέτρας</b>, Hsch.</span>