ῥᾰν-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(ῥαίνω) drop, πέτρην κοιλαίνει ῥ. ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Choerilus Epicus 10, compare 5th c.BC: Acusilaus Historicus 4 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγραὶ ῥ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 106 (_anapaest meter_); δρόσου [prev. author] “Andr.” 227, LXX.Wis.11.22 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ῥ. βέβληκέ με a rain-drop, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 171, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 349b31, 374a9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 semen virile, [[ Anthologia Graeca 10.45 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, drop, spot, τὰ πτίλα ἔχει ῥανίδας [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 17.23, compare 38 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; αἱ τοῦ χρυσοῦ ῥ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.48. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]