ῥόα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ion. and Ep. ῥοιή; later ῥοιά, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Col.</span>796a21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>923b25</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.3</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.121.57</span> (iii B.C.), Gal.6.605:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pomegranate-tree]], [[Punica Granatum]], <span class="bibl">Od.7.115</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).287 <span class="title">A</span> 147 (ῥοαν), 155 (ῥοην) (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> the fruit, [[pomegranate]], h.Cer.372, 412, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>363</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1268</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>845b</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.13.4</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span> 44 (Delos, iii B.C.), Dsc.1.110. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[knob shaped like a pomegranate]], <b class="b3">ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.41</span>; [[tassel]] of like shape,= <b class="b3">ῥοΐσκος</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>7.18</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>3.7.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BJ</span>5.5.7</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">σίδη</b>. [Both <b class="b3">ῥοά</b> and <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b> are oxyt. acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.301</span>, <span class="bibl">2.271</span>.]</span>

|etymtx=(<b class="b3">ῥοά</b> Hdn. Gr.)<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[pomegranate]], tree and fruit (Od.).<br />Other forms: ep. Ion. <b class="b3">ῥοιή</b>, Ar., Arist. etc. also <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ῥοΐδιον</b> n. [[little pomegranate]] (Men., pap. IIp), <b class="b3">ῥοΐδια</b> (cod. <b class="b3">ῥυδία</b>) <b class="b3">ῥοὰ η ῥοιά</b> H.; <b class="b3">ῥοιάς</b>, <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[poppy]], [[papaver]] (Dsc.); after the flowers, s. Strömberg Pfl.namen 52; <b class="b3">ῥοών</b>, <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. [[pomegranate plantation]] (LXX).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">ῥοιή</b> : <b class="b3">ῥοιά</b> : <b class="b3">ῥόα</b> cf. <b class="b3">χροιή</b>: <b class="b3">-οιά</b> : <b class="b3">-όα</b>. If not a LW [loanword] (Schwyzer 348 a. 469), perh. with Strömberg l.c. to <b class="b3">ῥέω</b> because of the richness of saps. Basic form perh. <b class="b3">*ῥοϜ-ιά</b>, so <b class="b3">ια-</b>deriv. from <b class="b3">ῥοῦς</b> [[stream]]; cf. <b class="b3">σκοπ-ιά</b> (: <b class="b3">σκοπός</b>), <b class="b3">ἐσχατ-ιά</b> (: <b class="b3">ἔσχατος</b>) etc. The suffix can be related to the concrete meaning. -- On the plantnames <b class="b3">ῥοῦς</b> m. [[sumach]] and <b class="b3">ῥύτρος</b> s.v.; they do not belong <b class="b3">το ῥέω</b> (Strömberg l.c.). -- The word can be Pre-Greek.