-
1 ῥάχις
ῥάχις, - ιοςGrammatical information: f. (m.)Meaning: `spine, back', often metaph. `ridge etc.' (I 208).Other forms: Att. - εως.Derivatives: 1. ῥαχ-ίτης m. `belonging to the spine' (Arist., medic.), ἐπιρραχ-ίτιδες ἀρτηρίαι (Hippiatr.; Redard 101 f.); 2. ῥαχι-αῖος `id.' (medic.); 3. ῥαχ-ίζω, also w. δια-, κατα-, `to crack, to chop up (the spine)' (trag.), also `to show off, to boast' (Din., H.) with - ιστής m. `splitter' (pap.), `show off, boaster' (Theopomp. Com.), - ιστήρ ψεύστης, ἀλαζών H. With transformation of the stem: 4. ῥάχ-ετρον = ῥάχις H., also des. of a certain part of it (Poll., Phot.; after ἄγκιστρον, δέρτρον, ἦτρον?; cf. also Fraenkel Glotta 4, 43, Schwyzer 532), with - ετρίζω = ῥαχίζω (Poll.); beside it ῥάκ-ετρον etc. (s. ῥάκος?). 5. ῥαχάς χωρίον σύνδενδρον καὶ μετέωρον H., Phot. (after δειράς, σπιλάς a.o.) with ῥαχάδην ἐπὶ τῆς ῥάχεως H. 6. Gen. sg. τοῦ ῥαχα from ῥαχας `id.?' (Halaesa; Rom. times). -- Beside it ῥαχός ( ῥᾶχος; codd. also ῥάχος, prob. after ῥάχις), Ion. ῥηχός f. `briar, thorn hedge, (thorny) sprig' (Hdt., S., X., Thphr.), ἐΰ-ρρηχος, ῥηχώδης `thorny' (Nic.); denom. ῥαχῶσαι `to cover with sprigs' (Att., 307-6a). On the meaning `briar, spine, back' cf. e.g. ἄκανθα, Lat. spina a.o. -- Unclear ῥάχνος n. (pap. IV-VIp), approx. `cloak'?Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: With ῥάχις can be compared directly Lith. ražis `stubble' (beside which more usual rãžas `stubble, (fork)tooth, barren twig'), IE *u̯răǵh-i-; anl. u̯- is confirmed by ὀρήχου (ὀ- = Ϝ-) τῆς αἱμασιᾶς H. Beside it full-(lengthened)grade *u̯rāǵh- in ῥᾱχός, ῥηχός. Further analysis uncertain: it can be both verbal and nominal derivations, also enlargements of a root noun etc. Further connection with ῥαχία, ῥάσσω cannot be shown (rejected by Solmsen Wortforsch. 163n.1); orig. meaning `stitch, bump'?? -- WP. 1, 318 (after Lidén Ein balt.-slav. Anlautges. 15), Pok. 1180. -- Ϝραχ- cannot be derived from an IE form; is the word Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 2,646Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ῥάχις
Перевод: со всех языков на английский
с английского на все языки- С английского на:
- Все языки
- Со всех языков на:
- Английский