ῥυθμός: Difference between revisions

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