A.ragged, tattered garment, “δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι” Od. 6.178, cf. 13.434, 14.342,349 (never in Il.); ἀνθ᾽ ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ. Ar.Pl.540; “ῥ. φορεῖ” Antiph.204.6, PPetr.3p.115 (iii B.C.), cf. Philem. 146: freq. in pl. ῥάκεα, Att. ῥάκη, rags, tatters, Od.14.512, 18.67,74, 19.507,al., Hdt.3.129, S.Ph.39,274; “ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι” Isoc.Ep. 9.10.
2. generally, strip of cloth, “ῥάκεα φοινίκεα” Hdt.7.76, cf. Ev.Matt.9.16, Arr.Tact.35.3: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ. A.Pr. 1023.
II. in pl. also, rents in the face, wrinkles, Ar.Pl.1065.