ῥίον
hrion
any jutting part
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ῥίον [ῐ], τό,
‹ All lexicon entries any jutting part of a mountain, whether upwards or forwards; hence,
1. peak, περὶ ῥίον Οὐλύμποιο Il. 8.25, cf. 14.154, 225, etc.; ῥ. ὀρέων Od. 9.191; ῥ. οὔρεος h.Ap. 139.
2. headland, Od. 3.295; hence as pr. name of several places, esp. Ῥ. Μολυκρικόν and Ῥ. Ἀχαϊκόν at the mouth of the gulf of Corinth, 2.86 (cf. 84).
3. later, bay formed by a foreland, NA 15.3. (Perh. akin to ῥίς, cf. Ness, Naze with nose.)