ῥάκος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Clear morphological cognates lacking outside Greek. The traditional comparison with Sanskrit वृश्चति (vṛścati, to hew, cleave) is not accepted by Beekes. A connection with Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (tree) is highly uncertain. The word could well be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ῥάκος (rhákosn (genitive ῥάκεος); third declension

  1. rag, tattered garment
    Synonyms: λαῖφος (laîphos), τρῦχος (trûkhos)
  2. strip of cloth
  3. (in the plural) wrinkles, rents in the face
  4. rag, remnant

Inflection

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Derived terms

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