ῥίον[ῐ],τό ,
A. any jutting partof 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. ΜολυκρικόνandῬ. Ἀχαϊκόνat the mouth of the gulf of Corinth, Th. 2.86 (cf. 84 ).
3. later,bay formed by a foreland, Ael. NA 15.3 . (Perh. akin toῥίς, cf.Ness, Nazewithnose.)