ῥάξ,ῥᾱγός,ἡ , Ion. and later Gr.ῥώξ(v.ῥώξ(B)):—
A. grape, S. Fr. 398 ;κατὰ ῥᾶγα βοτρύωνfor eachgrapein the bunch, Pl. Lg. 845a ; ῥᾶγες βότρυος
Arist. HA 550a28
, cf. Pr. 925b15 ; ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ βότρυϊ ῥᾶγας
Thphr. CP 5.5.1
, cf. 1.21.1 , HP 3.17.6 ; τὰς σταφυλὰς καὶ ὡς κατὰ μίαν αἱ ῥᾶγες
Philostr. Im. 1.31
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2. generally,berry, Dsc. 4.51 ;ῥ. γλυκυσίδης seedof peony, Id. Eup. 2.117 ;cloveof garlic, Id. 2.152 .
3. a venomous kind of spider, malmignatte, so called from its shape, Ael. NA 3.36 .
4. pl.,finger-tips, Ruf. Onom. 85 , Sor. 1.3 , Poll. 2.146 .
5. ῥάξ
= θηλή , 'in common speech', Eust. 1485.59 . [In Nic. Al. 184 ,ῥά̈γεσσιshould be read forῥᾰγέεσσι.]