τραχύς
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Quotation
Ἡ δὲ ῥάχις ῥῆξις τίς ἐστι, τὰ δεξιὰ τῶν εὐωνύμων διαχωρίζουσα· ἢ διὰ τραχύτητα τῶν συνεστηκότων αὐτῇ κονδύλων· οἷον, τράχις καὶ ῥάχις·
Translation (En)
The spine (rhakhis) is a breaking (rhēxis), which divides the left part from the right one. Or because of the roughness (trakhutēta) of the ribs composing it, like *trakhis and rhakhis
Parallels
Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 58 (ἡ δὲ ῥάχις ῥῆξίς τίς ἐστι, τὰ δεξιὰ τῶν εὐωνύμων διαχωρίζουσα ἢ διὰ τὴν τραχύτητα, οἷον τράχις καὶ ῥάχις); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 702 (Ῥάχις: Ὡς μὲν Ἀπολλόδωρος, ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥῆξις εἶναι, καὶ τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη διακρίνειν ἀπὸ τῶν εὐωνύμων· ὡς δέ τινες, τράχις, διὰ τὴν τραχύτητα τῶν συνεστηκότων αὐτῇ κονδύλων· […] ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ προσράσσειν πάντα τὰ πλευρά); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, rho, p. 1605 (idem, up to κονδύλων)
Comment
Derivational etymology relying in the fact that, because of iotacism, the υ of τραχύς and the ι of ῥάχις are pronounced [I]. Therefore the loss of the initial [t] is deemed sufficient to build a plausible descriptive etymology. The etymology is reversible (see τραχύς / ῥάχις). The presence of this etymology in Meletius, whose source was Orion, and in the Byzantine Etymologica, make it likely that it was in Orion, although none of the extant versions of the Etymologicum preserves it.