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Ancient Greek
- ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) — alternative reconstruction of nominative singular
Etymology
From ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r̥ɛːŋ.mǐːn/ → /riɣˈmin/ → /riɣˈmin/
Noun
ῥηγμῑ́ν • (rhēgmī́n) f (genitive ῥηγμῖνος); third declension
- (Epic) surf, breakers (waves breaking into foam)
- (Epic) shore, beach
Declension
The nominative singular is not attested; both ῥηγμίν (rhēgmín) and ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) have been reconstructed.
Further reading
- “ῥηγμίν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥηγμίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ῥηγμίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.