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ῥῆμα

ῥῆμα, (spoken) word, line, verb

ῥῆμα, ατος, τό, (ἐρῶ)
  • that which is said or spoken, word, saying, Archil. 50, Thgn. 1152, Simon. 37.14, 92 (where perh. it = ῥήτρα II.2), Pi. (v. infr.), etc.; in Prose first in Hdt. (s.v.l.), ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥ. 7.162; τὰ λεγόμενά τινων [ῥήματα] 8.83; τοῦ Πιττακοῦ . . περιεφέρετο τοῦτο τὸ ῥ. Pl. Prt. 343b; τὸ δόγμα τε καὶ ῥ. Id. R. 464a; opp. ἔργματα, Pi. N. 4.6; opp. ἔργον, Th. 5.111; opp. τὸ ἀληθές, Pl. Phd. 102b: prov., ῥήματα ἀντʼ ἀλφίτων ‘fine words butter no parsnips’, ap. Suid.; ῥήματα πλέκων Pi. N. 4.94; ῥήματα θηρεύειν catch at oneʼs words, And. 1.9; ῥ. ἱπποβάμονα, ῥ. μυριάμφορον, Ar. Ra. 821, Pax 521; ῥήματος ἐχόμενον depending on the word, Pl. Lg. 656c; τῷ ῥ. τῷ τόδε προσχρώμενοι the word τόδε, Id. Ti. 49e; τῷ ῥ. λέγειν, εἰπεῖν, say in so many words, Id. R. 340d, Grg. 450e, cf. Tht. 166d; κατὰ ῥῆμα ἀπαγγεῖλαι word for word, Aeschin. 2.122.
      • 2 phrase, opp. ὄνομα (a single word), Pl. Cra. 399b, Aeschin. 3.72; λέγοντες ἐν μύθοις τε καὶ ἐν ῥήμασιν Pl. Lg. 840c.
        • b verse, line, Ar. Ra. 1379, cf. 97.
      • 3 subject of speech, matter, Hebraism in LXX and NT, Ge.15.1, 22.1, De. 2.7, Ev.Luc. 1.37, 65, 2.15; cf. ῥητός IV.2.
    • II Gramm., verb, opp. ὄνομα (noun), Pl. Sph. 262a sq., Cra. 425a, al., Arist. Po. 1457a14, Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213:— from the fact that a Verb usually forms the predicate (Arist. Int. 16b6), ῥῆμα is applied to an Adj. when used as a predicate, ib. 16a13, 20b1.

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