Ῥία
peaks
Translated by David Whitehead20 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] headlands of a mountain,1 vertical, and those extending into the sea.2
From the [verb]r(ai+/zein , which is to come to an end at a point.3
And Thucydides [writes]: "one side [had a plan] not to sail out beyond Rhia into open water, fearful [of what had happened before]."4
From the [verb]
And Thucydides [writes]: "one side [had a plan] not to sail out beyond Rhia into open water, fearful [of what had happened before]."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥία· ἀκρωτήρια ὄρους, ὄρθια, καὶ τὰ εἰς θάλασσαν ἐγκείμενα. παρὰ τὸ ῥαΐζειν, ὅ ἐστιν εἰς ὀξὺ λήγειν. καὶ Θουκυδίδης· οἱ μὲν μὴ ἐκπλεῖν ἔξω τῶν ῥίων ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν φοβούμενοι.
Betacode
*(ri/a: a)krwth/ria o)/rous, o)/rqia, kai\ ta\ ei)s qa/lassan e)gkei/mena. para\ to\ r(ai/+zein, o(/ e)stin ei)s o)cu\ lh/gein. kai\ *qoukudi/dhs: oi( me\n mh\ e)kplei=n e)/cw tw=n r(i/wn e)s th\n eu)ruxwri/an fobou/menoi.
Notes (4)
- See also rho 177.
- 1Some mss. omit 'of a mountain'. ↩
- 2Likewise in glossing in other lexica; references at Photius rho115 Theodoridis. ↩
- 3From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 14.225, where the singular of the headword occurs (web address 1). ↩
- 4Thucydides 2.86.5 (web address 2), on naval operations in the Corinthian Gulf in 429/8. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.4; another keyword — David Whitehead
- added links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead