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being sucked back, ἄμπωτις,ἡ, gen.εως, Ion. ιος, forἀνάπωτις(ἀναπίνομαι),v.infr.:— A. being sucked back,i.e. of sea,ebb,opp.,πλημμυρίςorῥαχία( Ion. ῥηχίη), Hdt. 2.11 , 7.198 , 8.129 , Arist. Mete.
flood-tide ῥᾱχία, Ion. ῥηχίη,ἡ, A. flood-tide, opp.ἄμπωτις, Hdt. 2.11 , 7.198 ; joined withπλημυρίς(s. v. l.), Id. 8.129 , cf. Hp. ap. Gal. 19.135 . 2. the roar of the breakers, metaph. of a crowd
one who threw convicts into the sea ῥηχιάδηςorῥηχάδης,ου,ὁ, A. one who threw convicts into the sea, Hsch. , Suid. ῥηχίη,ῥηχός, Ion. forῥαχία, ῥαχός.