Ῥαχίζειν
to cut through the spine
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Sep 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαχίζειν· τὸ διαιρεῖν τὰ νῶτα καὶ μέρη τῆς ῥάχεως, ἤτοι διακόπτειν· ὥς φησιν Εὐριπίδης.
Betacode
*(raxi/zein: to\ diairei=n ta\ nw=ta kai\ me/rh th=s r(a/xews, h)/toi diako/ptein: w(/s fhsin *eu)ripi/dhs.
Notes (2)
Linked from3 entries
- ρ62Ῥαχίζεινto cleaveTo brag. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] r(axisth/s ["one who cuts through the spine"], [meaning] a braggart. Theopompus in Pamphile [writes]: "Demophon, of all these things the braggart."
- ρ63Ῥαχίζωνcleaving, cutting through the spine[Meaning he] slaughtering, cutting through. Sophocles [writes]: "[he] cleaving in a circle." Meaning slaughtering around the place of the fold. [sc. The term is used] because the first and great[est] cut occurs along…
- ρ65Ῥάχινchine[Meaning a] loin, or the back part, the corner of the back. The nominative [is] r(a/xis, [genitive] r(a/xews, [dative] r(a/xei.
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