Ῥάχιν

chine

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Sep 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 20 words
[Meaning a] loin, or the back part, the corner of the back.1
The nominative [is] r(a/xis, [genitive] r(a/xews, [dative] r(a/xei.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥάχιν· ὀσφῦν, ἢ τὸ νωτιαῖον μέρος, ὁ κανθὸς τοῦ νώτου. εὐθεῖα ῥάχις, ῥάχεως, ῥάχει.

Betacode
*(ra/xin: o)sfu=n, h)\ to\ nwtiai=on me/ros, o( kanqo\s tou= nw/tou. eu)qei=a r(a/xis, r(a/xews, r(a/xei.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius rho58 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 9.208, where the accusative singular headword occurs (web address 1). See also rho 61. ↩
  2. 2Adler reports similar material (for nominative and genitive) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩

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ρ63Ῥαχίζωνcleaving, cutting through the spineρ64Ῥαχίηςof a beach, of a rocky shoreρ65Ῥάχινchineρ66Ῥάψαιto stitchρ67Ῥαψῴδημαstitched-together song
Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Jan 2022
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. typo — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. tweaked n.2; more keywords — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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