G04470

ῥάκος

Alt. ῥά^κος, ος, εος, τό,

I. "a ragged garment, a rag", Od., Ar.: in pl. ῥάκεα, attic ῥάκη, "rags, tatters", Od., Hdt., etc.

2. generally, "a strip of cloth", Hdt.: "a strip" of flesh, Aesch.

II. in pl. "rents in the face, wrinkles", Ar.

III. metaph. "a rag, remnant", Anon. ap. Arist.; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥάκος Anth.