ῥηγμίν

hregmin

sea breaking on the beach, surf

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 11
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Book 4 3
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4430
4449
4575
Book 9 4
Chapter ?

9150
9169
9547
9559
Book 10 1
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10186
Book 12 2
Chapter ?

126
12214
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15499
Iliad 5
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1437
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2773
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8501
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1667
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20229

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥηγμίν or ῥηγ-μίς (neither form is found, unless [ῥηγμὶ]ν is to be restd. in IGRom. 4.272.1 (Elaea, cf. Wiener Sitzb.214(4).26)), gen.ῖνος, ἡ, A. sea breaking on the beach, surf (v. ῥήγνυμι B. 1), ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος ἁλὸς . . θέεσκον Il. 20.229; κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα βαθεῖαν τύπτετε, of the broken sea between Scylla and Charybdis, Od. 12.214; with the Prep. ἐπί, it may be rendered at the seaʼs edge, ἐκ . . βαῖνον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης Il. 1.437, cf. Od. 9.150; κοιμήθημεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης ib.169, cf. Pi. N. 5.13; ἄκραις ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖσιν ἀξένου πόρου E. IT 253; also λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥ. θαλάσσης δίσκοισιν τέρποντο Il. 2.773, cf. Od. 4.449; ὅταν κυμαίνουσα ἐκβάλλῃ [ἡ θάλαττα], . . παχεῖαι καὶ σκολιαὶ γίνονται αἱ ῥ.· ὅταν δὲ γαλήνη ᾖ, . . λεπταί εἰσι καὶ εὐθεῖαι Arist. Mete. 367b14. 2. metaph., ῥ. βίοιο verge of life, i.e. death, Emp. 20.5; ὥσπερ ῥηγμῖνα οὖσαν ἀέρος τὴν νεφέλην Arist. Mete. 367b19. II. τὰ ἀπορπύματα (fort. ἀπορρήγματα) τῆς πέτρας, Hsch.

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