ῥοή
θοἰμάτιον οὐκ ἀπολώλεκ', ἀλλὰ καταπεφρόντικα → I haven't lost my himation; I've pledged it to Thought | I have not lost my himation, but I've thought it away | I have not lost my himation, but I spent it in the schools
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Dor. ῥοά (dat.pl. ρhοϝαῖσι, IG9(1).868 (Corc., vii/vi B.C.)), (ῥέω)
A river, stream, freq. in Hom., always in pl., and mostly with gen. added, ἐπ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il.3.5; Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοάς 2.869; ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od.6.216; ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥ. Il.16.229, cf. Schwyzer 289.107 (Priene, ii B.C.); Ὠκεανοῦ ῥ. Hes.Th.841; also Σκαμάνδριοι ῥ. S.Aj. 419 (lyr.); τεναγέων ῥ. Pi.N.3.25; ἀμπέλου ῥ. the juice of the grape, E.Cyc.123; μέλιτος Id.Ba.711; αἵματος Id.Supp.690: rarely in sg., παρ' Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοάν Pi.N.11.36 codd. (but ῥοᾶν is prob.); ἀμπέλου ῥοή E.Ba.281: in Dor. Prose, SIG1183 (Gort.): metaph., stream of song or poesy, ῥοαὶ Μοισᾶν, ἐπέων, Pi.N.7.12, I.7(6)19; ἡ διὰ τοῦ στόματος ῥ. Pl.Tht.206d; προμαθείας ῥοαί Pi.N.11.46; also ῥοαί streams of events, tide of affairs, Id.O.2.33. 2 flowing of sap, Thphr.CP1.13.5 (pl.). 3 flux, as a philosoph. term, Pl.Tht.152e, v. Cra. 402a; cf. ῥέω 1.5. Cf. ῥόος 11, ῥοία 1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 847] dor. ῥοά, der Fluß, die Fluth, der Strom; oft bei Hom., der stets den plur. braucht u. gew. noch einen gen. hinzufügt, ἐπ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il. 3, 5. Μαιάνδρου 2, 869, ποταμοῖο 11. 372, u. öfter; Pind. u. Tragg.: ἔνθα πεδίον Ἀσωπὸς ῥοαῖς ἄρδει, Aesch. Pers. 791; Soph. Ai. 415; ἀμπέλου, der Wein, Eur. Bacch. 281 Cycl. 123; Ar. Th. 855. 864; in Prosa, das Fließen, ποταμοῦ ῥοῇ ἀπεικάζων τὰ ὄντα Plat. Crat. 402 a, u. sonst; auch übertr., ἐπέων, Pind. I. 6, 19; Μοισᾶν, N. 7, 12; Bewegung übh., Plat. καὶ κίνησις, Theaet. 152 e; Folgde.
