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|Definition=-εως, Ion. [[ιος]], Arc. [[ϝρῆσις]] (''IG''5(2).343.19, Orchom., iv B.C.), ἡ, ([[ἐρῶ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[saying]], [[speech]], μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος Od.21.291; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν Pi.''N.'' 1.59; <b class="b3">καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν</b> end one's [[speech]], [[Herodotus|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; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ.</b> the Scythian [[answer]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.127 (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu.''Prov.''1.62; prob. interpol. in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[resolution]], [[declaration]], <b class="b3">Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ.</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.152, cf. Crates Com.56, ''IG'' [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[speaking]], opp. reading ([[ἀνάγνωσις]]), D.H.''Isoc.''2 (Wolf, for [[χρήσεως]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[tale]], [[legend]], <b class="b3">ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ.</b> Pi.''O.''7.55.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[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; especially of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[manner of speaking]], [[style]], <b class="b3">ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ.</b> [[prose]], Longin. ''Proll.Heph.''1.3.