A.any jutting part of a mountain, whether upwards or forwards; hence,
1. peak, “περὶ ῥίον Οὐλύμποιο” Il.8.25, cf. 14.154, 225, etc.; “ῥ. ὀρέων” Od.9.191; “ῥ. οὔρεος” h.Ap.139.
2. headland, Od.3.295; hence as pr. name of several places, esp. Ῥ. Μολυκρικόν and Ῥ. Ἀχαϊκόν at the mouth of the gulf of Corinth, Th.2.86 (cf. 84).
3. later, bay formed by a foreland, Ael.NA15.3. (Perh. akin to ῥίς, cf. Ness, Naze with nose.）
