The corpus record

ῥοχθ-έω

rochtheo

dash with a roaring sound

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

dash with a roaring sound, sounded with the dashing

dash with a roaring sound, of the sea, ῥόχθει γὰρ μέγα κῦμα ποτὶ ξερόν Od. 5.402; προτὶ δʼ αὐτὰς [πέτρας] κῦμα μέγα ῥοχθεῖ 12.60; ὑπὸ κύματι πέτραι ῥόχθεον sounded with the dashing of the waves, A.R. 4.925; ῥοχθεῦσιν δὲ κάλωες Opp. H. 1.228.—Cf. ὀρεχθέω.

In the wild

ῥοχθεῖ · rhochthei Odyssey 12.60
ῥόχθει · rhochthei Odyssey 5.402

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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