ῥεῖθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Att. contr. from Ion. and Ep. [[ῥέεθρον]], which is used by Trag. once in dialogue, A.''Pers.''497, freq. in lyr.: ([[ῥέω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> that which [[flow]]s, a [[river]], [[stream]], <b class="b3">ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα</b> the [[stream]]s, [[water]]s of... Il.14.245; <b class="b3">ἐρατεινὰ ῥ.</b> 21.218; <b class="b3">Στυγὸς ὕδατος αἰπὰ ῥ.</b> 8.369, cf. ''h.Hom.''19.9, etc.; <b class="b3">παρθενόσφαγα ῥ.</b> [[stream]]s of a [[maiden]]'s [[blood]], A.''Ag.'' 210 (lyr.): sg., ἐκτρέψασα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ [[ῥέεθρον]] [[πᾶν]] ἐς τὸ ὤρυξε [[χωρίον]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.186, cf. 179, Th.7.74; Ἀλφεοῦ ῥέεθρον Pi.''O.''9.18; ῥέεθρον ἁγνοῦ Στρυμόνος A.''Pers.''497; ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον Id.''Pr.''790; especially of [[rivulet]]s, [[brook]]s, X.''Cyn.''5.15, Plb.3.71.4, Jul.''Or.''3.126d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bed]] or [[channel]] of a [[river]], ἄψορρον.. κῦμα κατέσσυτο καλὰ ῥέεθρα Il.21.382; ποταμοῦ ῥ. ἀπεξηρασμένον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.109; <b class="b3">ποταμὸν ἐκτραπέσθαι ἐκ τῶν ἀρχαίων ῥ.</b> Id.1.75; <b class="b3">παρατρέψας [τὸν ποταμὸν] δι' ὧν νῦν ῥέει ῥεέθρων</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ῥεέθρων δι' ὧν νῦν ῥέει</b>, Id.7.130, cf. 127:—signf. I and II are sometimes hard to distinguish, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.191, 2.11, 9.51.