Ῥαχίαν
beach
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Apr 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The Attic-speakers [use this word to mean] the shore, and the place on it where the wave breaks. And Thucydides [uses the word] in this way.1 But the Ionians [use the word for] the ebb and return of the sea.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαχίαν· οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὴν ἀκτήν, καὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτόν, ᾧ προσαράττει τὸ κῦμα. καὶ Θουκυδίδης οὕτως. οἱ δὲ Ἴωνες τὴν ἄμπωτιν καὶ τὴν ἀναχώρησιν τῆς θαλάττης.
Betacode
*(raxi/an: oi( *)attikoi\ th\n a)kth/n, kai\ to\n to/pon au)to/n, w(=| prosara/ttei to\ ku=ma. kai\ *qoukudi/dhs ou(/tws. oi( de\ *)/iwnes th\n a)/mpwtin kai\ th\n a)naxw/rhsin th=s qala/tths.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally rho 60.
- 1Thucydides 4.10.5 (web address 1); accusative case, as the present headword. ↩
- 2In Herodotus the word refers to a flood-tide, as opposed to
a)/mpwtis , the ebb-tide (see LSJ s.v., and cf. alpha 1656). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ρ60Ῥαχίας λαλίστεροςmore loquacious than a beach[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to chatterers. Inasmuch as the waves continually strike against the beach and make a noise.
- ρ64Ῥαχίηςof a beach, of a rocky shore[Meaning] of a fence; or [meaning] bindings of fencings. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
- ρ155Ῥηχιάδαι ἢ Ῥηχάδαιrhekiadai or rhekadai[Meaning] those throwing convicts into the sea.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth