rushing, roaring, dashing
ῥόθ-ιος,ον, alsoα,ον
AP 9.32 , 10.2 ( Antip.Sid. ):—
A. rushing, roaring, dashing, esp. of waves, ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον
Od. 5.412
; of oars, ῥ. πλάται
E. IT 1133
(lyr.); of a shipdashing through the waves,
AP 10.2 (Antip. Sid.); μετὰ ῥοθίου βίας
Arist. Mu. 396a14
: metaph. of an orator, Poll. 6.147 ; of a horse, J. BJ 6.2.8 .Adv.
-ίως
Poll. 4.24
codd., Vett.Val. 345.33 .
2. of fishes,guttling, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.306d ; cf. ῥοθιάζω
2
.
3. swift, πόδες
Leonid. Oxy. 662.45
.
II. Subst. ῥόθια,τά ,waves dashing on the beach, breakers, waves, S. Ph. 688 (lyr.); ἀνέμων εὐαέσσιν ῥοθίοις
E. Fr. 773.36
(lyr.); cf. οὐτιδανός
11
; and collectively in sg.,surf, surge, A. Pr. 1048 (anap.), E. IT 426 (lyr.), Th. 4.10 : esp. ofthe dash and sound of oars, ῥοθίοις . . κώπας
E. IT 407
(κώπαιςcodd., lyr.), cf. Cyc. 17 ; so in sg., Th. l.c. (acc. to Sch.), Hyp. Fr. 157 , Str. 15.2.12 , D.S. 13.99 , etc.;γλυκερὰ ῥ., of wine, AP 11.64 ( Agath. ): generally, ofrushing, dashing motion, τῆς ἵππου τὸ ῥ. ἀνέχεσθαι
D.H. 6.10
, cf. Arr. Frr. 164 , 165
J. ; soτῆς ὁρμῆς, τοῦ θυμοῦ, Luc. Tox. 19 , 55 : metaph., ἀοιδᾶν ῥόθια
Pi. Pae. 6.129
;ῥοθ[ίῳ τινὶ] ἥκω τύχηςprob.in Men. Pk. 353 .
2. loud shout, esp. of applause, ῥ. αἴρεσθαί τινι
Ar. Eq. 546
: generally,tumult, riot, ἐχώρει ῥ. ἐν πόλει κακόν
E. Andr. 1096
.
