ῥώψ · rhōps — LSJ
πλοῖον παπύρινον, ὃ καλεῖται Αἰγυπτιστὶ ῥώψ UPZ 81 ii 7 (ii B.C.); ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἔχητε πλοῖον, συνεμβήσητε ἅμα ἡμῖν εἰς ῥώμσιν PPar. in Glotta 2.150; corrupted to ῥώνιξις· ποταμίας νεὼς εἶδος, in Hsch. [ῥώψ from *ῥωμς; Egyptian rms.]
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ῥώψ
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