- ῥάξ
- ῥάξ, ῥᾱγός, ἡ, [dialect] Ion. and later Gr. [full] ῥώξ (v. ῥώξ (B)):—A grape, S.Fr. 398; κατὰ ῥᾶγα βοτρύων for each grape in the bunch, Pl.Lg.845a;
ῥᾶγες βότρυος Arist.HA550a28
, cf. Pr.925b15;ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ βότρυϊ ῥᾶγας Thphr.CP5.5.1
, cf. 1.21.1, HP3.17.6;τὰς σταφυλὰς καὶ ὡς κατὰ μίαν αἱ ῥᾶγες Philostr.Im.1.31
.2 generally, berry, Dsc.4.51; ῥ. γλυκυσίδης seed of peony, Id.Eup.2.117; clove of garlic, Id.2.152.3 a venomous kind of spider, malmignatte, so called from its shape, Ael.NA3.36.4 pl., finger-tips, Ruf.Onom.85, Sor.1.3, Poll.2.146.5 ῥάξ = θηλή, 'in common speech', Eust.1485.59. [In Nic.Al.184, ῥγεσσι should be read for ῥᾰγέεσσι.]
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.