ῥέω

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Il.22.149, etc.; Ep. ῥείω Hes.Fr.263 (dub.), D.P.1074, AP7.36 (Eryc.), but not in Hom.: impf. 3sg.

   A 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, Arist.Mete.356a16, 361a33; later ῥεύσω, AP5.124 (Bass.): aor. ἔρρευσα Ar.Eq.526(anap.), Hp.Loc.Hom.11, Int.23, Mosch.3.33, AP5.32 (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; ἐρρύην [ῠ] Th.3.116, X.Cyr.8.3.30, Pl.Ti.84c, etc., as also in Hdt.8.138; Dor. ἐξ-ερρύα, v. ἐκρέω; 3sg. subj. ἐ[γ]ρυᾷ GDI3591a51 (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. Hdt.7.140 (v. infr.), Plu.Cor.3, Luc.Salt.71, Philostr. VS1.25.9, etc.; so ἐρρεῖτο E.Hel.1602, Philostr.VA8.31, 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, [πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει the fountain runs with water, 22.149, cf. Od.5.70, IG12.54.7; 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.); οἴνῳ . . ἔρρει χαράδρα Telecl.l.c.(v. sub fin.); (also in Med., ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι (metri gr. for ῥεόμενοι, cf. μαχεούμενοι) Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140; φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτο E. Hel.1602); πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσαν Id.Tr.995: so metaph., πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳ Ar.Eq.527: rarely with acc. in the same sense (v. infr. 11.2): also with gen., ἀσφάλτου Str.7.5.8; πολλοῦ ὕδατος Arr.An. 5.9.4: sts. with nom., Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείς Isoc.10.59, cf. AP5.32 (Parmen.).    b the post-Hom. expression for a full stream is μέγας ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοι Hdt.2.25; μέγας ἐρρύη Id.8.138, cf. Th.2.5; ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦν Hdt.7.129; also πολὺς ῥεῖ, 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 ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ. Ps.-Phoc.193; πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ δῆμος ὅλος ἐρρύη Plu.Alc. 21.    c of a river, also ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος derive its stream from melted snow, Hdt.2.22.    d prov., ἄνω ῥεῖν 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.    e ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρον (v. οὖρος (A))S.Tr.468.    2 metaph. of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands rained darts, Il.12.159; ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς Arist.Mete.347a34, cf. 349a34; φλὸξ ῥυεῖσα Plu.Brut.31; so τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναι Ael.Fr.2; esp. of a flow of words, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il.1.249, cf. Hes.Th.39.97; ἔπε' ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα 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.    3 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 Pl.Phd.87d; of a house, to be in a tumble-down condition, Gorg. ap. Stob.4.51.28, Teles p.27 H.; ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι to stay a collapse of the system, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.1.    4 of molten objects, liquefy, run, ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον S.Tr.698; τήκεται ὁ λίθος . . ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖν Arist.Mete.383b6, cf. Thphr.Lap.9.    5 to be in perpetual flux and change, ἅπανθ' ὁρῶ ἅμα τῇ τύχῃ ῥέοντα μεταπίπτοντά τε Com.Adesp.200; ὡς ἰόντων ἁπάντων ἀεὶ καὶ ῥεόντων Pl.Cra. 439c, cf. 411c; κινεῖται καὶ ῥεῖ . . τὰ πάντα Id.Tht.182c: hence οἱ ῥέοντες, of the Heraclitean philosophers, opp. οἱ τοῦ ὅλου στασιῶται, ib.181a.    b 'run', of ink, etc., metaph., στιγμῆς ῥυείσης γραμμὴν φαντασιούμεθα... γραμμῆς δὲ ῥυείσης πλάτος ἐποιήσαμεν S.E.M.7.99; cf. ῥυίσκομαι 11.    6 of persons, ῥ. ἐπί τι to be inclined, given to a thing, Isoc.8.5; πρός τι Pl.R.485d; οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντες ib.495b.    7 leak, of a ship, opp. στεγανὸν εἶναι, Arist.Fr.554, cf. Paus.8.50.7; λύχνοι ῥέοντες 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.).    8 to have a flux, τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσας D.S.5.41.    9 impers., ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύη Hp.Epid.1.19.    II very rarely trans., let flow, pour, ἔρρει χοάς E.Hec.528 (as v.l. for αἴρει):—this differs from the usage    2 c. acc. cogn., ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι, let the land run milk, honey, Theoc.5.124,126; αἷμα ῥυήσεται, of the Nile, Ezek.Exag.133; οἶνον ῥέων Luc.VH1.7, cf. LXXJl.3(4).18, Sch.Ar.Pl.287:—in place of this acc. the best writers commonly used the dat., v. supr. 1.1.    III v. ῥέον. (Cf. ῥόϝος, Skt. sravati, Lith. sravēti 'flow': I.-E. srèw- alternating with sr[ocaron]w- and sr[ucaron]-.)