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ῥοή

ῥοή, a river, stream, flood

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ῥοαὶ feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of ῥοή

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ῥοή, ἡ, Dor. ῥοά (dat.pl. ρhοϝαῖσι, IG 9(1).868 (Corc., vii/vi B.C.)), (ῥέω)
  • river, stream, freq. in Hom., always in pl., and mostly with gen. added, ἐπʼ Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il. 3.5; Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοάς 2.869; ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od. 6.216; ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥ. Il. 16.229, cf. Schwyzer 289.107 (Priene, ii B.C.); Ὠκεανοῦ ῥ. Hes. Th. 841; also Σκαμάνδριοι ῥ. S. Aj. 419 (lyr.); τεναγέων ῥ. Pi. N. 3.25; ἀμπέλου ῥ. the juice of the grape, E. Cyc. 123; μέλιτος Id. Ba. 711; αἵματος Id. Supp. 690: rarely in sg., παρʼ 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, ῥοαὶ Μοισᾶν, ἐπέων, Pi. N. 7.12, I. 7(6).19; ἡ διὰ τοῦ στόματος ῥ. Pl. Tht. 206d; προμαθείας ῥοαί Pi. N. 11.46; also ῥοαί streams of events, tide of affairs, Id. O. 2.33.
      • 2 flowing of sap, Thphr. CP 1.13.5 (pl.).
      • 3 flux, as a philosoph. term, Pl. Tht. 152e, v. Cra. 402a; cf. ῥέω I.5. Cf. ῥόος II, ῥοία I.

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