ῥαχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥηχίη (rhēkhíē) – Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *wrā́kʰiā, either a deverbal formation from ῥᾱ́σσω (rhā́ssō, “strike, dash”) or an abstract or collective formation from the unattested *ῥᾱχος (*rhākhos, “stroke, bump”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥aː.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /raˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /raˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /raˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /raˈçi.a/
Noun
ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ • (rhākhíā) f (genitive ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- flood tide
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.11
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.198
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.129
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 19.135
- the roar of the breakers
- (figuratively) the roar of a crowd
- Posidipp. 27.11
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.789d
- Diogenian. 7.99
- rocky shore or beach
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 713
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.10
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 3.39.4
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 16.4.23
- Alternative form of ῥᾰ́χῐς (rhákhis, “backbone”)
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 1088
- 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 11.182
- 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 39.334
Declension
First declension of ἡ ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ hē rhākhíā | τὼ ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ tṑ rhākhíā | αἱ ῥᾱχῐ́αι hai rhākhíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱς tês rhākhíās | τοῖν ῥᾱχῐ́αιν toîn rhākhíain | τῶν ῥᾱχῐῶν tôn rhākhiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῥᾱχῐ́ᾳ têi rhākhíāi | τοῖν ῥᾱχῐ́αιν toîn rhākhíain | ταῖς ῥᾱχῐ́αις taîs rhākhíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱν tḕn rhākhíān | τὼ ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ tṑ rhākhíā | τᾱ̀ς ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s rhākhíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ rhākhíā | ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ rhākhíā | ῥᾱχῐ́αι rhākhíai | ||||||||||
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First declension of ἡ ῥηχίη; τῆς ῥηχίης (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῥηχίη hē rhēkhíē | τὼ ῥηχίᾱ tṑ rhēkhíā | αἱ ῥηχίαι hai rhēkhíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῥηχίης tês rhēkhíēs | τοῖν ῥηχίαιν toîn rhēkhíain | τῶν ῥηχιέων / ῥηχιῶν tôn rhēkhiéōn / rhēkhiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῥηχίῃ têi rhēkhíēi | τοῖν ῥηχίαιν toîn rhēkhíain | τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῥηχίῃσῐ / ῥηχίῃσῐν têisi(n) rhēkhíēisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῥηχίην tḕn rhēkhíēn | τὼ ῥηχίᾱ tṑ rhēkhíā | τᾱ̀ς ῥηχίᾱς tā̀s rhēkhíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥηχίη rhēkhíē | ῥηχίᾱ rhēkhíā | ῥηχίαι rhēkhíai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- (flood tide): ἄμπωτις (ámpōtis)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ῥαχία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1277
- “ῥαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press