ῥεῖθρ-ον,τό, Att.
contr. from Ion. and Ep.
ῥέεθρον, which is used by Trag. once in dialogue, A. Pers. 497 , freq. in lyr.: (ῥέω):—
A. that which flows, a river, stream,ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα the streams, watersof . ., Il. 14.245 ;ἐρατεινὰ ῥ. 21.218 ;Στυγὸς ὕδατος αἰπὰ ῥ. 8.369 , cf. h.Hom. 19.9 , etc.;παρθενόσφαγα ῥ.streamsof a maiden's blood, A. Ag. 210 (lyr.): sg., ἐκτρέψασα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον πᾶν ἐς τὸ ὤρυξε χωρίον
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
; esp. ofrivulets, brooks, X. Cyn. 5.15 , Plb. 3.71.4 , Jul. Or. 3.126d .
II. bedorchannel of a river, ἄψορρον . . κῦμα κατ έσσυτο καλὰ ῥέεθρα