Lexical Definition

‎τραχύς‎ trachýs (trakh-oos') rough ^G:A
perhaps strengthened from the base of ‎ῥήγνυμι‎ (as if jagged by rents)

rock, rough.

• uneven, rocky (reefy)

Abbott-Smith

τραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ [in LXX: Is 40:4 (רֶכֶס), etc. ;]
rough: ὁδοί (Is, l.c.), Lk 3:5 (LXX); τοποί (i.e. rocky), Ac 27:29.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τραχύς-ύς, εῖα, ύ:

Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τρηχύς, feminine -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είης, neuter -ύ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect Prose feminine τρηχέᾰ, accusative τρηχέᾰν, genitive τρηχέης, dative τρηχέῃ (imperfectly preserved in codices; in [Refs 5th c.BC+] RSV have -εῖα, -εῖαν, -είη; for codices [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρηχείην (before consonant) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρηχείης (as proper name) [Refs 6th c.BC+]; genitive plural neuter ἐρίων.. τρηχείων [Refs]; dual in Trag. τραχεῖ, Ion Trag.67:—jagged, λίθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλινοί, opposed to λεῖοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; prickly, ἄκανθαι, ἄκανθα, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; rugged, ἀκτή, ἀταρπός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as epithet of Ithaca, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect of rocky districts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τραχέα, τὰ τραχύτατα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, rough, γλῶσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρια [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σινδόνες (towels, opposed to μαλακαί) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; shaggy, τὰ κάτωθεν τ. καὶ τραγοειδής, of Pan, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. σώματα, opposed to λεῖα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the voice, harsh, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the voice of boys, when it breaks, μεταβάλλειν ἐπὶ τὸ -ύτερον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; and of a person, τῇ φωνῇ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τραχυτάτη γλῶσσα (compare τραχύστομος) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of sounds and their combinations, harsh, opposed to λεῖος, σύνθεσις, διάλεκτος, [Refs 1st c.BC+] —on τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία, see at {ἀρτηρία}.

__2 of battle and conflict, ὑσμίνη [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 of natural forces, ῥόθιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a river, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 of persons, their acts, feelings, or conditions, rough, harsh, savage, τ. ἔφεδρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τ. εἰμι καταθέμεν I am not niggardly in paying,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. τοῦ ἤθους, τοῦ νόμου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνομίη τραχέα λειαίνει smooths the rough places, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II adverb τραχύςέως, Ionic dialect τρηχέως, rare in the literal sense, roughly, τ. ὑλακτεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; neuter as adverb, τρηχὺ φωνῇ ἠπείλει [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 of men's acts, τρηχέως περιέπειν τινά handle roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραχέως ἔχειν to be rough, harshly disposed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. φέρειν take hardly, [Refs]; rarely τραχυτέρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]