ῥόα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=([[ῥοά]] Hdn. Gr.)<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[pomegranate]], tree and fruit (Od.).<br />Other forms: ep. Ion. [[ῥοιή]], Ar., Arist. etc. also [[ῥοιά]].<br />Derivatives: [[ῥοΐδιον]] n. [[little pomegranate]] (Men., pap. IIp), [[ῥοΐδια]] (cod. [[ῥυδία]]) <b class="b3">ῥοὰ η ῥοιά</b> H.; [[ῥοιάς]], <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[poppy]], [[papaver]] (Dsc.); after the flowers, s. Strömberg Pfl.namen 52; [[ῥοών]], <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. [[pomegranate plantation]] (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: With [[ῥοιή]] : [[ῥοιά]] : [[ῥόα]] cf. [[χροιή]]: <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 [[ῥέω]] because of the richness of saps. Basic form perh. <b class="b3">*ῥοϜ-ιά</b>, so <b class="b3">ια-</b>deriv. from [[ῥοῦς]] [[stream]]; cf. <b class="b3">σκοπ-ιά</b> (: [[σκοπός]]), <b class="b3">ἐσχατ-ιά</b> (: [[ἔσχατος]]) etc. The suffix can be related to the concrete meaning. -- On the plantnames [[ῥοῦς]] m. [[sumach]] and [[ῥύτρος]] s.v.; they do not belong <b class="b3">το ῥέω</b> (Strömberg l.c.). -- The word can be Pre-Greek.