ῥέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Il.22.149, etc.; Ep. ῥείω Hes.''Fr.''263 (dub.), D.P.1074, ''AP''7.36 (Eryc.), but not in Hom.: impf. 3sg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔρρει Il.17.86, Telecl.1.4, but elsewhere in Hom. [[ἔρρεε]] or [[ῥέε]]: fut. ῥεύσομαι Thgn.448, E.''Fr.'' 384, Crates Com.15.4, Pherecr.130.5, Hp.''Haem.''5; also [[ῥευσοῦμαι]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''356a16, 361a33; later [[ῥεύσω]], ''AP''5.124 (Bass.): aor. ἔρρευσα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''526(anap.), Hp.''Loc.Hom.''11, ''Int.''23, Mosch.3.33, ''AP''5.32 (Parmen.), Plb.5.15.7 (ἀπ-), Paus.5.7.4, etc.:—but the Att. fut. and aor. are of pass. form, ῥῠήσομαι Isoc.8.140, cf. Hp.''Nat.Hom.''5; <b class="b3">ἐρρύην [ῠ</b>] Th.3.116, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.30, Pl.''Ti.''84c, etc., as also in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.138; Dor. <b class="b3">ἐξ-ερρύα</b>, v. [[ἐκρέω]]; 3sg. subj. ἐ[γ]ρυᾷ ''GDI''3591a51 (Calymna); Ep. 3sg. ῥύη Od.3.455: pf. ἐρρύηκα Hp.''Loc.Hom.''10, Pl.''R.'' 485d, Isoc.8.5; later [[ἔρρυκα]], Gal.5.398.—A pres. Med. ῥέομαι occurs also in Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.140 (v. infr.), Plu.''Cor.''3, Luc.''Salt.''71, Philostr. ''VS''1.25.9, etc.; so ἐρρεῖτο E.''Hel.''1602, Philostr.''VA''8.31, etc.—This Verb does not contr. εη, εο, εω:—[[flow]], [[run]], [[stream]], [[gush]], Od.19.204, Il.3.300, 17.86, etc.: with dat. of that which flows, [<b class="b3">πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει</b> the [[fountain]] [[run]]s with [[water]], 22.149, cf. Od.5.70, ''IG''12.54.7; ῥέε δ' αἵματι γαῖα Il.8.65, etc.; φάραγγες ὕδατι.. ῥέουσαι E.''Tr.''449 (troch.); ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον ῥεῖ δ' οἴνῳ Id.''Ba.''142(lyr.); <b class="b3">οἴνῳ.. ἔρρει χαράδρα</b> Telecl.l.c.(v. sub fin.); (also in Med., <b class="b3">ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι</b> (metri gr. for [[ῥεόμενοι]], cf. [[μαχεούμενοι]]) Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.140; φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτο E. ''Hel.''1602); πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσαν Id.''Tr.''995: so metaph., πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳ [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''527: rarely with acc. in the same sense (v. infr. 11.2): also with [[genitive]], ἀσφάλτου Str.7.5.8; πολλοῦ ὕδατος Arr.''An.'' 5.9.4: sometimes with nom., Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείς Isoc.10.59, cf. ''AP''5.32 (Parmen.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> the post-Hom. [[expression]] for a [[full]] [[stream]] is [[μέγας]] ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.25; μέγας ἐρρύη Id.8.138, cf. Th.2.5; ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.129; also <b class="b3">πολὺς ῥεῖ</b>, metaph. of men, ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεώς A.''Th.''80(lyr.); Κύπρις ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ E.''Hipp.''443 (cf. infr. 2); so ῥ. μου τὸ δάκρυον πολύ Ar.''Lys.''1034; also <b class="b3">ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ.</b> Ps.-Phoc.193; πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ [[δῆμος]] ὅλος ἐρρύη Plu.''Alc.'' 21.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of a river, also <b class="b3">ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος</b> [[derive]] its [[stream]] from [[melt]]ed [[snow]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.22.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ἄνω ῥεῖν</b> [[flow]] [[upwards]], of [[inversion]] of the usual or right order, E.''Supp.''520; ἄνω ποταμῶν ἐρρύησαν οἱ.. λόγοι D.19.287; cf. [[ἄνω]] (B)1.<br><span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρον</b> (v. [[οὖρος]] (A))S.''Tr.''468.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of things, <b class="b3">ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον</b> from their [[hand]]s [[rained]] [[dart]]s, Il.12.159; ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''347a34, cf. 349a34; φλὸξ ῥυεῖσα Plu.''Brut.''31; so τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναι Ael.''Fr.''2; especially of a [[flow]] of [[word]]s, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il.1.249, cf. Hes.''Th.''39.97; <b class="b3">ἔπε' ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα</b> ib.84: abs., of the [[tongue]], [[run glibly]], A.''Th.''557; so θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι καθ' ὑμῶν D.18.136: hence, of words or sentiments, to [[be current]], κληδόνος καλῆς μάτην ῥεούσης S.''OC'' 259.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[fall]], [[drop off]], e.g. of hair, Od.10.393, Hes.''Fr.''29, Theoc. 2.89, etc.; of [[ripe]] [[fruit]], Plb.12.4.14, ''Gp.''9.12; of over-ripe corn, ἤδη ῥέοντα τὸν στάχυν Babr.88.14; [[wear out]], εἰ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτο [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''87d; of a house, to [[be in a tumble-down condition]], Gorg. ap. Stob.4.51.28, Teles p.27 H.; <b class="b3">ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι</b> to stay a [[collapse]] of the [[system]], Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of molten objects, [[liquefy]], [[run]], ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον S.''Tr.''698; τήκεται ὁ [[λίθος]].. ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''383b6, cf. Thphr.''Lap.''9.<br><span class="bld">5</span> to [[be in perpetual flux and change]], ἅπανθ' ὁρῶ ἅμα τῇ τύχῃ ῥέοντα μεταπίπτοντά τε ''Com.Adesp.''200; ὡς ἰόντων ἁπάντων ἀεὶ καὶ ῥεόντων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]'' 439c, cf. 411c; κινεῖται καὶ ῥεῖ.. τὰ πάντα Id.''Tht.''182c: hence <b class="b3">οἱ ῥέοντες</b>, of the Heraclitean philosophers, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ τοῦ ὅλου στασιῶται</b>, ib.181a.<br><span class="bld">b</span> '[[run]]', of [[ink]], etc., metaph., στιγμῆς ῥυείσης γραμμὴν φαντασιούμεθα... γραμμῆς δὲ ῥυείσης πλάτος ἐποιήσαμεν S.E.''M.''7.99; cf. [[ῥυίσκομαι]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">6</span> of persons, <b class="b3">ῥ. ἐπί τι</b> to [[be inclined]], [[be given]] to a thing, Isoc.8.5; πρός τι Pl.''R.''485d; <b class="b3">οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντες</b> ib.495b.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[leak]], of a [[ship]], opp. <b class="b3">στεγανὸν εἶναι</b>, Arist.''Fr.''554, cf. Paus.8.50.7; <b class="b3">λύχνοι ῥέοντες</b> prob.in Roussel ''Cultes Egyptiens'' p.222(Delos, ii B.C.); of a [[roof]], Men.''Sam.''248; [ἀγγεῖον] ῥέον Plu.2.782e; οἰνοχόαι ῥέουσαι ''Michel'' 815.131 (Delos, iv B.C.).<br><span class="bld">8</span> to [[have a flux]], τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσας [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]5.41.<br><span class="bld">9</span> impers., ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύη Hp.''Epid.''1.19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> very rarely trans., [[let flow]], [[pour]], ἔρρει χοάς E.''Hec.''528 (as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[αἴρει]]):—this differs from the usage<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι</b>, [[let]] the [[land]] [[run]] [[milk]], [[honey]], Theoc.5.124,126; <b class="b3">αἷμα ῥυήσεται</b>, of the [[Nile]], Ezek.''Exag.''133; οἶνον ῥέων Luc.''VH''1.7, cf. [[LXX]] ''Jl.''3(4).18, Sch.Ar.''Pl.''287:—in place of this acc. the best writers commonly used the dat., v. supr. 1.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> v. [[ῥέον]]. (Cf. [[ῥόϝος]], Skt. sravati, Lith. sravēti 'flow': I.-E. srèw- alternating with srǒw- and srǔ-.)