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|Full diacritics=ῥόα
|Medium diacritics=ῥόα
|Low diacritics=ρόα
|Capitals=ΡΟΑ
|Transliteration A=rhóa
|Transliteration B=rhoa
|Transliteration C=roa
|Beta Code=r(o/a
|Definition=ἡ, Ion. and Ep. ῥοιή; later ῥοιά, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Col.</span>796a21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>923b25</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.3</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.121.57</span> (iii B.C.), Gal.6.605:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pomegranate-tree, Punica Granatum</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.115</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).287 <span class="title">A</span> 147 (ῥοαν), 155 (ῥοην) (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> the fruit, <b class="b2">pomegranate</b>, h.Cer.372, 412, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>363</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1268</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>845b</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.13.4</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span> 44 (Delos, iii B.C.), Dsc.1.110. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">knob shaped like a pomegranate</b>, <b class="b3">ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.41</span>; <b class="b2">tassel</b> of like shape,= <b class="b3">ῥοΐσκος</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>7.18</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>3.7.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BJ</span>5.5.7</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">σίδη</b>. [Both <b class="b3">ῥοά</b> and <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b> are oxyt. acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.301</span>, <span class="bibl">2.271</span>.]</span>
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|lstext='''ῥόα''': ἡ, Ἰων. καὶ Ἐπικ. [[ῥοιή]]· παρὰ τοῖς μεταγεν. Ἀττ. [[ῥοιά]], Ἀριστ. περὶ Χρωμ. 5. 21, Προβλ. 20. 9, κ. ἀλλ., Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 1. 6, 3, κ. ἀλλ.· πρβλ. πόα· - [[ῥοιά]], κοινῶς «ῥῳδιά», Ὀδ. Η. 115, Λ. 589. ΙΙ. ὁ [[καρπὸς]] τῆς ῥοιᾶς, Ὁμ. Ὕμ. εἰς Δήμ. 373, 412, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 328, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 1268, Ἀποσπ. 506, Ἕρμιππ. ἐν «Κέρκωψι» 3, καὶ [[συχν]]. παρὰ τοῖς Κωμ., Πλάτ. Νόμ. 845Β. 2) [[κόμβος]] ἔχων τὸ [[σχῆμα]] ῥοιᾶς, ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι Ἡρόδ. 4. 143· κροσσὸς ὁμοίου σχήματος, ὡς τό [[ῥοΐσκος]], Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 3. 7, 4, Ἰουδ. Πόλ. 5. 5, 7. - Πρβλ. [[σίδη]].
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|btext=<i>c.</i> [[ῥοιά]].
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|lsmtext='''ῥόᾱ:''' ἡ, Ιων. και Επικ. [[ῥοιή]], μεταγεν. [[ῥοιά]],<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[ροδιά]], σε Ομήρ. Οδ.<br /><b class="num">II. 1.</b> [[καρπός]] της [[ροδιάς]], ρόδι, σε Ομηρ. Ύμν., Αριστοφ.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[ρόζος]] που έχει [[σχήμα]] ροδιού, σε Ηρόδ.
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{{etym
|etymtx=(<b class="b3">ῥοά</b> Hdn. Gr.)<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[pomegranate]], tree and fruit (Od.).<br />Other forms: ep. Ion. <b class="b3">ῥοιή</b>, Ar., Arist. etc. also <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ῥοΐδιον</b> n. <b class="b2">little pomegranate</b> (Men., pap. IIp), <b class="b3">ῥοΐδια</b> (cod. <b class="b3">ῥυδία</b>) <b class="b3">ῥοὰ η ῥοιά</b> H.; <b class="b3">ῥοιάς</b>, <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[poppy]], [[papaver]] (Dsc.); after the flowers, s. Strömberg Pfl.namen 52; <b class="b3">ῥοών</b>, <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. <b class="b2">pomegranate plantation</b> (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">ῥοιή</b> : <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b> : <b class="b3">ῥόα</b> cf. <b class="b3">χροιή</b>: <b class="b3">-οιά</b> : <b class="b3">-όα</b>. If not a LW [loanword] (Schwyzer 348 a. 469), perh. with Strömberg l.c. to <b class="b3">ῥέω</b> because of the richness of saps. Basic form perh. <b class="b3">*ῥοϜ-ιά</b>, so <b class="b3">ια-</b>deriv. from <b class="b3">ῥοῦς</b> [[stream]]; cf. <b class="b3">σκοπ-ιά</b> (: <b class="b3">σκοπός</b>), <b class="b3">ἐσχατ-ιά</b> (: <b class="b3">ἔσχατος</b>) etc. The suffix can be related to the concrete meaning. -- On the plantnames <b class="b3">ῥοῦς</b> m. [[sumach]] and <b class="b3">ῥύτρος</b> s.v.; they do not belong <b class="b3">το ῥέω</b> (Strömberg l.c.). -- The word can be Pre-Greek.
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|mdlsjtxt=ῥόᾱ, ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> ionic and epic [[ῥοιή]], a [[pomegranate]]-[[tree]], Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[fruit]], a [[pomegranate]], Hhymn., Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a knob shaped like a [[pomegranate]], Hdt.
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{{FriskDe
|ftr='''ῥόα''': ([[ῥοά]] Hdn. Gr.),<br />{rhóa}<br />'''Forms''': ep. ion. [[ῥοιή]], Ar., Arist. usw. auch [[ῥοιά]]<br />'''Grammar''': f.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Granatapfel]], Baum und Frucht (seit Od.).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon [[ῥοΐδιον]] n. [[kleiner Granatapfel]] (Men., Pap. II<sup>p</sup>), ῥοΐδια (cod. [[ῥυδία]])· ῥοὰ ἢ [[ῥοιά]] H.; [[ῥοιάς]], -άδος f. [[Mohn]], [[Papaver]] (Dsk.); nach den hochroten Blüten, s. Strömberg Pfl.namen 52; [[ῥοών]], -ῶνος m. [[Granatpflanzung]] (LXX).<br />'''Etymology''' : Zu [[ῥοιή]] : [[ῥοιά]] : [[ῥόα]] vgl. χροιή: -οιά : -όα. Wenn nicht LW (Schwyzer 348 u. 469), wohl mit Strömberg a. O. zu [[ῥέω]] wegen des Saftreichtums. Grundform am ehesten *ῥοϝιά, mithin ια-Ableitung von [[ῥοῦς]] [[Strom]]; vgl. [[σκοπιά]] (: [[σκοπός]]), [[ἐσχατιά]] (: [[ἔσχατος]]) usw. Das Suffix kann mit der konkreten Bed. zusammenhängen. — Auch die Pfl.-namen [[ῥοῦς]] m. [[Sumach]], [[Rhus coriaria]] (seit Sol.) und [[ῥύτρος]] n. [[Kugeldistel]], [[Echinops viscosus]] (Thphr.) können zu [[ῥέω]] gehören (Strömberg a. O.).<br />'''Page''' 2,660
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