Ῥηχιάδαι ἢ Ῥηχάδαι

rhekiadai or rhekadai

Translated by David Whitehead24 Jan 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] those throwing convicts into the sea.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥηχιάδαι ἢ Ῥηχάδαι· οἱ τοὺς καταδίκους εἰς τὰς ῥαχίας βάλλοντες.

Betacode

*(rhxia/dai h)\ *(rhxa/dai: oi( tou\s katadi/kous ei)s ta\s r(axi/as ba/llontes.

= Photius rho114 Theodoridis, and similarly already in Hesychius rho291. Headword(s) otherwise unattested, and impenetrable.
For 'sea' -- more exactly, sea-shore -- see rho 59.

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