- ῥώψ 1
- ῥώψ 1.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: βοτάνη ἁπαλή H.; pl. ῥῶπες f. `brushwood, low shrub wood, shrubbery, bush' (Od., Lib.).Derivatives: ῥωπ-ήϊα pl. (Il.), -ίον n. (D. C.), -άς f. (Opp.), -αξ m. (Suid.) `id.'; -ήεις `overgrown with bush' (Q. S.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Beside ῥώψ with long vowel stands the `zero grade' ῥαπίζω, χρυσό-ρραπις, which with ῥάβδος, ῥάμνος, also with ῥέπω, ῥέμβομαι may form a group (meaning `turn, wind, bend'; s. vv. w. lit.). No connections outside Greek. -- The word may be of Pre-Greek origin.Page in Frisk: 2,669
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.