cleft, a runnel, gutter
cleft, ῥ. ἔην γαίης a runnel or gutter scooped out by heavy rains, Il. 23.420, cf. A.R. 4.1545, Bion Fr. 1, Opp. C. 3.323; τῆς πέτρας Plu. Crass. 4; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν σεισμῶν ῥ. Str. 8.5.7.
The corpus record
ῥωχ-μός
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cleft, a runnel, gutter
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What it meant — LSJ
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