ῥῆσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, Ion. ιος, Arc. ϝρῆσις (<span class="title">IG</span>5(2).343.19, Orchom., iv B.C.), ἡ, (ἐρῶ) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[saying]], [[speech]], μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος <span class="bibl">Od.21.291</span>; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 1.59</span>; <b class="b3">καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν</b> end one's [[speech]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.83</span>; ῥ. βραχεῖα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>64</span>; ξυνεχής <span class="bibl">Th.5.85</span>; μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>273</span>; εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1322</span>; ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>615</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>142.20</span>; περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 268c</span>; μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>605d</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Prom.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ</b>. the Scythian [[answer]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span> (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu.<span class="title">Prov.</span>1.62; prob. interpol. in Hdt.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[resolution]], [[declaration]], <b class="b3">Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Crates Com.56</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> [[l.c.]] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[speaking]], opp. reading (ἀνάγνωσις), <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>2</span> (Wolf, for [[χρήσεως]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[tale]], [[legend]], <b class="b3">ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[expression]] or [[passage]] in an author, esp. [[speech in a play]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1371</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>580</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span> 151</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>585</span>: pl. in <span class="bibl">Ephipp.16.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.267</span>; ῥ. τινὲς τῶν Ἀριστοφανείων Plu.2.712d; especially of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[manner of speaking]], [[style]], <b class="b3">ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ</b>. [[prose]], <span class="bibl">Longin. <span class="title">Proll.Heph.</span>1.3</span>.</span>