ῥάκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], εος, τό</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ragged]], [[tattered garment]], δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od. 6.178</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.434</span>, <span class="bibl">14.342</span>,<span class="bibl">349</span> (never in Il.); <b class="b3">ἀνθ' ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>540</span>; ῥ. φορεῖ <span class="bibl">Antiph.204.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.115</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Philem. 146</span>: freq. in pl. [[ῥάκεα]], Att. [[ῥάκη]], [[rags]], [[tatters]], <span class="bibl">Od.14.512</span>, <span class="bibl">18.67</span>,<span class="bibl">74</span>, <span class="bibl">19.507</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.129</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>39</span>,<span class="bibl">274</span>; ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 9.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[strip of cloth]], ῥάκεα φοινίκεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>35.3</span>: even a [[strip]] of flesh, <b class="b3">σώματος ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 1023</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> collectively, [[rag]], [[lint]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.36</span>; ῥάκη λινᾶ Dsc.5.75.15. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in pl. also, [[rents in the face]], [[wrinkles]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1065</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[rag]], [[remnant]], εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας Anon. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1413a6</span>; of an old seaman, <b class="b3">ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>9.242 (Antiphil.), cf. <span class="bibl">7.380</span> (Crin.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>32</span>.—The Aeol. form [[βράκος]] (q.v.), used of a garment, lacks the sense 'ragged'.</span>