Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥαχία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥαχία

Etym.: r(h/gnumi, cf. r(hgmi/n

Sense

  1. the sea breaking on the shore, the flood-tide
  2. a rocky shore or beach

Examples

  • κατὰ δὲ τὰσ τοῦ ῥοῦ προσπτώσεισ καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἀνέμων μεταβολὰσ ὁ κλύδων προσπίπτων τῇ ῥαχίᾳ καχλάζει καὶ τραχύνεται πάντῃ περὶ τὴν παρήκουσαν πέτραν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 44 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. the sea breaking on the shore

  2. a rocky shore or beach

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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