ῥόθιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῥόθιον, also α, ον ''AP''9.32, 10.2 (Antip.Sid.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rushing]], [[roaring]], [[dashing]], especially of waves, ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον Od.5.412; of oars, ῥ. πλάται E.''IT''1133 (lyr.); of a ship [[dashing through the waves]], AP10.2 (Antip. Sid.); μετὰ ῥοθίου βίας Arist.''Mu.''396a14: metaph. of an orator, Poll.6.147; of a horse, J.''BJ''6.2.8. Adv. [[ῥόθίως]] Poll.4.24 codd., Vett.Val.345.33.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of fishes, [[guttling]], Numen. ap. Ath.7.306d; cf. [[ῥοθιάζω]] 2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[swift]], πόδες Leonid.''Oxy.''662.45.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. [[ῥόθια]], τά, [[waves dashing on the beach]], [[breakers]], [[waves]], S.''Ph.''688 (lyr.); ἀνέμων εὐαέσσιν ῥοθίοις E.''Fr.''773.36 (lyr.); cf.οὐτιδανός ''ΙΙ''; and collectively in sg., [[surf]], [[surge]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1048 (anap.), E.''IT''426 (lyr.), Th.4.10: especially of [[the dash and sound of oars]], ῥοθίοις.. κώπας E.''IT''407 ([[κώπαις]] codd., lyr.), cf.''Cyc.''17; so in sg., Th. [[l.c.]] (acc. to Sch.), Hyp.''Fr.''157, Str. 15.2.12, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]13.99, etc.; <b class="b3">γλυκερὰ ῥ.</b>, of wine, ''AP''11.64 (Agath.): generally, of [[rushing]], [[dashing motion]], τῆς ἵππου τὸ ῥ. ἀνέχεσθαι D.H. 6.10, cf. Arr.''Frr.''164, 165 J.; so <b class="b3">τῆς ὁρμῆς, τοῦ θυμοῦ</b>, Luc. ''Tox.''19,55: metaph., ἀοιδᾶν ῥόθια Pi.''Pae.''6.129; <b class="b3">ῥοθ[ίῳ τινὶ] ἥκω τύχης</b> prob.in Men. ''Pk.''353.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[loud shout]], especially of applause, ῥ. αἴρεσθαί τινι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''546: generally, [[tumult]], [[riot]], ἐχώρει ῥ. ἐν πόλει κακόν E.''Andr.''1096.