ῥοή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Dor. [[ῥοά]] (dat.pl. ρhοϝαῖσι, ''IG''9(1).868 (Corc., vii/vi B.C.)), ([[ῥέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[river]], [[stream]], freq. in Hom., always in plural, and mostly with [[genitive]] added, ἐπ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il.3.5; Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοάς 2.869; ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od.6.216; <b class="b3">ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥ.</b> Il.16.229, cf. ''Schwyzer'' 289.107 (Priene, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">Ὠκεανοῦ ῥ.</b> Hes.''Th.''841; also <b class="b3">Σκαμάνδριοι ῥ.</b> [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 419 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τεναγέων ῥ.</b> Pi.''N.''3.25; <b class="b3">ἀμπέλου ῥοή</b> the [[juice]] of the [[grape]], E.''Cyc.''123; μέλιτος Id.''Ba.''711; αἵματος Id.''Supp.''690: rarely in sg., παρ' Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοάν Pi.''N.''11.36 codd. (but [[ῥοᾶν]] is prob.); ἀμπέλου ῥοή E.''Ba.''281: in Dor. Prose, ''SIG''1183 (Gort.): metaph., [[stream]] of [[song]] or [[poesy]], <b class="b3">ῥοαὶ Μοισᾶν, ἐπέων</b>, Pi.''N.''7.12, ''I.''7(6)19; <b class="b3">ἡ διὰ τοῦ στόματος ῥοή</b> Pl.''Tht.''206d; προμαθείας ῥοαί Pi.''N.''11.46; also [[ῥοαί]] [[streams of events]], [[tide of affairs]], Id.''O.''2.33.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[flowing]] of [[sap]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 1.13.5 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[flux]], as a philosoph. term, Pl.''Tht.''152e, v. ''Cra.'' 402a; cf. [[ῥέω]] 1.5. Cf. [[ῥόος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[ῥοία]] ''Ι''.