ῥυτήρ
ῥυτήρ
ῥῡτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
*ῥύω, ἐρύω
one who draws or stretches, ῥ. βιοῦ, ὀϊστῶν drawer of the bow, of arrows, Od.
like ἱμάς, the strap by which a horse draws, a trace, Il.:—also a rein, Il.; ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος with loose rein, Lat. immissis habenis, at full galop:—used as a strap to flog with, Dem., Aeschin.
(ῥύομαι) a saver, guard, defender, Od.