ῥοά
σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Dor. for ῥοή (q.v.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 846] ἡ, dor. = ῥοή, Pind. ἡ, = ῥοιά, der Granatapfel; Pind. frg. 329; Plat. Legg. VIII, 845 b; Ar. Vesp. 1268; auch der Granatbaum, Sp. – Att. ῥόα betont.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥοά: ἡ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ῥοή, ὃ ἴδε, Πίνδ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
2c. ῥοιά.
English (Slater)
ῥοά (-αί, -ᾶν, -αῖσι（ν), -άς.)
a stream, current ὕδατος ὥτε ῥοὰς φίλον ἐς ἄνδρ' ἄγων κλέος ἐτήτυμον αἰνέσω (N. 7.62) παρ' Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοᾶν (Bergk: ῥοὰν codd.) (N. 11.36) Μέλ[ανό]ς τε ῥοαὶ (Wil.: τε ποταμοῦ ῥοαὶ Π.) fr. 70. 2 ἰδίᾳ τ ἐρεύνασε τεναγέων ῥοάς (N. 3.25)
b met. προμαθείας δ' ἀπόκινται ῥοαί (join προμαθείας ῥοαί) (N. 11.46) met. of song, cf. (N. 7.62) supra, ῥοαὶ δ' ἄλλοτ ἄλλαι εὐθυμιᾶν τε μέτα καὶ πόνων ἐς ἄνδρας ἔβαν (O. 2.33) εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε (N. 7.11) ἀμνάμονες δὲ βροτοί, ὅ τι μὴ σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον κλυταῖς ἐπέων ῥοαῖσιν ἐξίκηται ζυγέν (I. 7.19) ]ροαι δὲ Μοισαι[ ?fr. 334a. 3.
