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ῥίον

rion · τό

any jutting part

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
  • Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

any jutting part

any jutting part of a mountain, whether upwards or forwards; hence,

1 peak

peak, περὶ ῥίον Οὐλύμποιο Il. 8.25, cf. 14.154, 225, etc.; ῥ. ὀρέων Od. 9.191; ῥ. οὔρεος h.Ap. 139.

2 headland

headland, Od. 3.295; hence as pr. name of several places, esp. Ῥ. Μολυκρικόν and Ῥ. Ἀχαϊκόν at the mouth of the gulf of Corinth, Th. 2.86 (cf. 84).

3 bay formed by a foreland, Ness, Naze, nose

later, bay formed by a foreland, Ael. NA 15.3. (Perh. akin to ῥίς, cf. Ness, Naze with nose.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥίον (scan p. 995; entry #6981).

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