ῥυθμός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ῥυσμός]] (v. infr. ''III'', ''IV''), ὁ: ([[ῥέω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> any [[regular]] [[recur]]ring [[motion]] (πᾶς ῥ. ὡρισμένῃ μετρεῖται κινήσει Arist.''Pr.''882b2):<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[measured]] [[motion]], [[time]], whether in [[sound]] or [[motion]], Democr.15c; = ἡ τῆς κινήσεως [[τάξις]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''665a, cf. 672e; ὁ ῥ. ἐκ τοῦ ταχέος καὶ βραδέος, ἐκ διενηνεγμένων πρότερον, ὕστερον δὲ ὁμολογησάντων γέγονε Id.''Smp.''187b, cf. Suid. s.v.; [[rhythm]], opp. [[μέτρον]] and [[ἁρμονία]], Ar. ''Nu.''638 sq., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 397b, 398d, 601a, Arist.''Rh.''1403b31; λόγοι μετὰ μουσικῆς καὶ ῥυθμῶν πεποιημένοι Isoc.15.46; of Prose rhythm, Arist.''Rh.''1408b29, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''17: defined by Aristox.''Rhyth.''1, Aristid.Quint.1.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> special phrases: <b class="b3">ἐν ῥυθμῷ</b> [[in time]], of dancing, marching, etc., [[βαίνειν]] ἐν ῥυθμῷ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''670b, cf. X.''An.''5.4.14; [[ὀρχεῖσθαι]] Id.''Cyr.''1.3.10; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ ῥυθμῷ ἀναπνεῖν</b> [[respire]] [[regularly]], Arist.''Pr.''882b1; so σωζόμενος ῥ. A.''Ch.''797 (lyr.); μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ βαίνοντες Th.5.70; <b class="b3">ῥυθμὸν χορείας ὑπάγειν</b> = [[keep]] [[time]], Ar.''Th.''956 (lyr.); <b class="b3">θάττονα ῥυθμὸν ἐπάγειν</b> [[play]] in [[quick]]er [[time]], X.''Smp.''2.22; πυρριχίῳ δρόμῳ καὶ ῥυθμῷ Hdn.4.2.9, cf. Plb.4.20.6: pl., [[pace]]s, Alcid.''Soph.'' 17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[measure]], [[proportion]] or [[symmetry]] of parts, at rest as well as in motion, <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν ῥυθμόν</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''728e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> generally, [[proportion]], [[arrangement]], [[order]], ῥυθμῷ τινι E.''Cyc.''398 (codd., but <b class="b3">θ' ἑνὶ</b> is prob.); <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀπὸ ῥυσμοῦ εἰκάζω</b> = I guess not without [[reason]], Call. ''Epigr.''44.5.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[state]] or [[condition]] of anything, [[temper]], [[disposition]], Thgn.964 (coupled with [[ὀργή]] and [[τρόπος]]); οἷος ῥυσμὸς ἀνθρώπους ἔχει Archil.66.7; ὅσοι χθονίους ἔχουσι ῥυσμοὺς καὶ χαλεπούς Anacr. 74; <b class="b3">μένει.. χρῆμ' οὐδὲν ἐν ταὐτῷ ῥυθμῷ</b> Eup.356.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[form]], [[shape]] of a thing, Democr.5i; identified by Arist. with [[σχῆμα]], ''Metaph.''985b16, 1042b14; <b class="b3">μετέβαλον τὸν ῥ. τῶν γραμμάτων</b> changed the [[form]] or [[shape]] of the letters, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.58; of Chian boots, Hp.''Art.''62; of the [[shape]] of a [[cup]], Alex.59; of a breastplate, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.10; [τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου] [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''16.10; Αὐτονόας ῥ. ωὑτός Theoc.26.23; so of the natural [[feature]]s of a country, D.P.271,620; [[structure]] of a substance, <b class="b3">κεγχροειδὲς τῷ ῥυθμῷ, τῷ ῥυθμῷ σπογγῶδες</b>, Dsc.5.77,118.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[manner]], [[fashion]] of a thing, Ἕλλην ῥ. πέπλων E.''Heracl.''130; <b class="b3">τίνι ῥυθμῷ φόνου</b>; by what [[kind]] of [[slaughter]]? Id.''El.''772, cf. ''Supp.''94; <b class="b3">ἐν τριγώνοις ῥυθμοῖς</b> [[triangular]]-[[wise]], A.''Fr.''78. [ῠ by nature, A.''Ch.''797 (lyr.), E.''Supp.''94, etc.; ῡ by position in Thgn.964, etc.]