ῥᾰφ-ή,ἡ,
A. seam, ἱμάντων
Od. 22.186
; [χιτῶνος] Plu. Cleom. 37 .
2. sutureof the skull, κεφαλὴ οὐκ ἔχουσα ῥαφήν
Hdt. 9.83
, cf. Hp. VC 1 (pl.), Pl. Ti. 76a , Arist. HA 491b2 , 516a15 ; also of the heart and other parts, Id. PA 667a7 , 677b19 ; ῥαφαὶ ὀστέων
E. Ph. 1159
, Supp. 503 .
II. stitching, sewing, τρήσει καὶ ῥαφῇ χρωμένη σύνθεσις
Pl. Plt. 280c
;αἱ ῥ. τοῦ τραύματος, of a woundthat had been sewn up, D.C. 43.11 .