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ἀπο-ρρώξ , ῶγος, , , (ἀπορρήγνυμι)
A.broken off, abrupt, sheer, precipitous,ἀκταίOd.13.98; “πέτραX.An.6.4.3, cf. Arist.HA611a21, Call.Lav.Pall.41.
2. Subst., cliff, precipice, Plb.7.6.3, etc.; “ἀκμήAP7.693 (Apollonid.); abyss, J.BJ1.21.3.
II. fem. Subst., piece broken off, Κώκυτός θ᾽ ὃς δὴ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν . branch of the Styx, Od.10.514, cf. Il. 2.755; ἀλλὰ τόδ᾽ ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρός ἐστιν . is an efflux, a distillation of nectar (“ἀπόσταγμαHsch.), Od.9.359; . Ἐρινύων limb of the Furies, Ar.Lys.811 (lyr.); δὲ προφητείη δίης φρενός ἐστιν . Orac. ap. Luc.Alex.40; μελέων ὀλίγη τις . some small portion of melody, AP7.571 (Leont.); . δραχμαίη portion of a drachm's weight, Nic.Th.518; “ἀπορρῶγες σπλάγχνουAret.SD1.10; ἀπορρὼξ τῆς πόλεως, of Samos, Demad. ap. Ath.3.99d; “μουνογενής τις . φύλου ἄνωθεν ΧαλδαίωνOrph.Fr.247.23.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.755
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.514
    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.98
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.359
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 1.21.3
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.4.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 7.6.3
    • Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 811
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 1.10
    • Lucian, Alexander, 40
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