ῥοή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Dor. ῥοά (dat.pl. ρhοϝαῖσι, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).868 (Corc., vii/vi B.C.)), (ῥέω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[river]], [[stream]], freq. in Hom., always in pl., and mostly with gen. added, ἐπ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων <span class="bibl">Il.3.5</span>; Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοάς <span class="bibl">2.869</span>; ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι <span class="bibl">Od.6.216</span>; <b class="b3">ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.16.229</span>, cf. <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 289.107 (Priene, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">Ὠκεανοῦ ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>841</span>; also <b class="b3">Σκαμάνδριοι ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 419</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τεναγέων ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.25</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμπέλου ῥ</b>. [[the juice]] of the grape, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>123</span>; μέλιτος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>711</span>; αἵματος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>690</span>: rarely in sg., παρ' Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοάν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.36</span> codd. (but [[ῥοᾶν]] is prob.); ἀμπέλου ῥοή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>281</span>: in Dor. Prose, <span class="title">SIG</span>1183 (Gort.): metaph., [[stream]] of song or poesy, <b class="b3">ῥοαὶ Μοισᾶν, ἐπέων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>7(6)</span><span class="bibl">19</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ διὰ τοῦ στόματος ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>206d</span>; προμαθείας ῥοαί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.46</span>; also [[ῥοαί]] [[streams of events]], [[tide of affairs]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>2.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[flowing]] of sap, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>1.13.5</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[flux]], as a philosoph. term, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>152e</span>, v. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span> 402a</span>; cf. ῥέω <span class="bibl">1.5</span>. Cf. ῥόος ''ΙΙ'', ῥοία ''1''.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=ῥοή, ἡ, [ῥέω]<br />a [[river]], [[stream]], [[flood]], Hom., etc.; [[mostly]] in pl., ἐπ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il.; ἀμπέλου ῥοαί the [[juice]] of the [[grape]], Eur.:—metaph. the [[stream]] of [[song]] or [[poesy]], Pind.; also, ῥοαί the [[tide]] of affairs, Pind.