ῥαχία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ῥηχίη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[flood-tide]], opp. <b class="b3">ἄμπωτις</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl">7.198</span>; joined with <b class="b3">πλημυρίς</b> (s. v. l.), <span class="bibl">Id.8.129</span>, cf. Hp. ap. Gal.19.135. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the roar of the breakers]], metaph. of a crowd of people, ὄχλου τοιούτου ῥαχίαν ἠθροισμένην <span class="bibl">Posidipp.27.11</span>; ῥ. ποιεῖν ἐν δήμῳ Plu.2.789d, cf. 791a: prov., ῥαχίας λαλίστερος <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[rocky shore]] or [[beach]] (πᾶς πετρώδης αἰγιαλός Hsch.), <b class="b3">ἁλίστονοι ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>713</span>; <b class="b3">παρ' αὐτὴν τὴν ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.39.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.16.4.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[ῥάχις]] <span class="bibl">11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1088</span>;= ῥάχις <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>11.182</span>, <span class="bibl">39.334</span> (v. ad fin.). [<b class="b3">ῥᾰ-</b> metri gr. only in late Poets, as <span class="title">AP</span>7.393 (Diocl.); in sense 11.2, Nonn. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with <b class="b3">ῥᾱσσω, ῥήσσω</b>, and <b class="b3">ἀράσσω; τὸν τόπον ᾧ προσαράττει</b> <b class="b3">τὸ κῦμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>427</span>: not cogn. with <b class="b3">ῥήγνυμι</b>, which has pan-Hellenic η.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">breakers of the sea, hightide, spot in the surf, rocky beach</b> (IA.); hell. also [[bustle]], [[clamour of a mob]].<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">ῥηχίη</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ῥαχι-ώδης</b> [[full of breakers]] (Str.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: To [[ῥάσσω]], <b class="b3">ῥάττω</b>, [[ῥήσσω]] <b class="b2">beat, bump etc.</b> (s.v. w. further lit.), i. e. either as nom. actionis direct from the verb (with <b class="b3">-ία</b> from the yot-present <b class="b3">*Ϝράχ-ι̯ω</b>?; s. Scheller Oxytonierung 39 f.) or as orig. abstract- resp. collective formation (<b class="b3">οἰκ-ία</b>, <b class="b3">ἀντλ-ία</b> a.o.) from <b class="b3">*ῥᾶχος</b> [[stroke]], [[bump]].