The corpus record

ῥυσός

rusos

shrivelled, wrinkled

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Where it lives

Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

shrivelled, wrinkled, wrinkled

shrivelled, wrinkled, Il. 9.503, E. El. 490, Ar. Pl. 266, Pl. R. 452b; ῥυσὰ σαρκῶν πολιᾶν καταδρύμματα the tearing of old wrinkled flesh (cf. ῥυτίς), E. Supp. 49 (lyr.); ῥ. βουλευτήρια, prob. = ῥυσοὶ βουλευταί, Theopomp.Com. 75; μαστός Sor. 1.88; ἕλκος Gal. 10.404; ῥυσότερον βαλλαντίων πρόσωπον Alciphr. 3.55; ῥ. ἐπισκύνιον AP 6.64 (Paul.Sil.); also of fruits, etc., [ἀκρόδρυα] ἰσχνὰ καὶ ῥ. Plu. QConv. 2.735d; ἐλαῖαι Archestr. Fr. 7; σῦκα Philostr. Im. 1.31.—The forms ῥυσσός, ῥυσσαίνομαι, etc., ar

In the wild

ῥυσῷ · rhysōi Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 264)
ῥυσὰ · rhysa Euripides, Suppliants 1 (DIORISIS sentence 14)
ῥυσοῖσι · rhysoisi Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 267)
ῥυσαί · rhysai Iliad 9.503
ῥυσοὶ · rhysoi Plato, Republic 5.452 (DIORISIS sentence 2840)
ῥυσὸν · rhyson Plato, Timaeus 71 (DIORISIS sentence 665)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ῥυσός (scan p. 1346; entry #5348). Root candidates: *ueru-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥυσός (scan p. 1000; entry #7020).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥυσός (scan pp. 1638-1639; entry #5012).

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