ῥόος
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Cypr.
A ῥόϝος Inscr.Cypr.135.19 H., Att. contr. ῥοῦς: Ion. and later writers have the heterocl. dat. ῥοΐ (like νοΐ from νοῦς), Hellanic. 28J., Ach.Tat.3.20; also gen. ῥοός Peripl.M.Rubr.46: (ῥέω):— stream, flow of water, current, Hom. only in sg., freq. with gen., ῥ. Ἀλφειοῖο, Ὠκεανοῖο, etc., Il.11.726, 16.151, al.; κῦμα ῥόοιο 21.263; προχέειν ῥόον εἰς ἅλα ib.219; ποταμοὺς ἔτρεψε νέεσθαι κὰρ ῥόον to flow in their own bed, 12.33; κατὰ ῥόον down, i.e. with, the stream, Od.5.327,461, Hdt.2.96, etc.: metaph., φέρεσθαι κατὰ ῥοῦν Pl.R.492c; ταυτὶ κατὰ ῥ. προχωρεῖ Luc.JTr.50; πρὸς ῥόον against it, Il.21.303; Βόσπορος, ῥ. θεοῦ A.Pers.746 (troch.); current at sea, ὑπό τε τοῦ ῥοῦ καὶ ἀνέμου Th.1.54; εἰκῇ κατὰ ῥοῦν πλέοντας Phld.Rh.1.381S.: also, current of air, Emp.100.14; ῥόος καπνοῦ Pi.P.1.22. II flux, discharge of morbid humours, Hp.Aph.5.56, Arist HA521a28, Thphr.HP9.12.1. III = ῥοή 3, Pl.Cra.411d. IV v. ῥόον.
