ῥάκος: Difference between revisions

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