ῥῆσις

English (LSJ)

εως, Ion. ιος, Arc. ϝρῆσις (IG5(2).343.19, Orchom., iv B.C.), ἡ, (ἐρῶ)

   A saying, speech, μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος Od.21.291; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν Pi.N. 1.59; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end one's speech, Hdt.8.83; ῥ. βραχεῖα S.Fr.64; ξυνεχής Th.5.85; μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις A.Supp.273; εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω Id.Ag.1322; ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος Id.Supp.615, cf. S.Fr.142.20; περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν Pl.Phdr. 268c; μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν Id.R.605d, Luc.Prom.6; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, Hdt.4.127 (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu.Prov.1.62; prob. interpol. in Hdt.).    2 resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. Hdt.1.152, cf. Crates Com.56, IG l.c.    3 speaking, opp. reading (ἀνάγνωσις), D.H.Isoc.2 (Wolf, for χρήσεως).    II tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. Pi.O.7.55.    III expression or passage in an author, esp. speech in a play, Ar.Nu.1371, V.580, Ra. 151, Men.Epit.585: pl. in Ephipp.16.3, D.18.267; ῥ. τινὲς τῶν Ἀριστοφανείων Plu.2.712d; esp. of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot.    IV manner of speaking, style, ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ. prose, Longin. Proll.Heph.1.3.