ῥαχία
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱ • (rhākhíā) f (genitive ῥᾱχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- flood tide
- the roar of the breakers
- (figurative) the roar of a crowd
- Posidipp. 27.11
- Diogenian. 7.99
- rocky shore or beach
- Alternative form of ῥᾰ́χῐς (rhákhis, “backbone”)
Declension edit
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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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 edit
- (antonym(s) of "flood tide"): ἄμπωτις (ámpōtis)
References edit
- ^ 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