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ῥέω,
[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.149, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ῥείω [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 263 (uncertain), 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1074, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.36 (1st c.BC: Erycius Epigrammaticus), but not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers. singular ἔρρει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.86, 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.4, but elsewhere in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ἔρρεε or ῥέε] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ῥεύσομαι [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 448, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 384, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 15.4, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 130.5, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ αἱμορροΐδων” 5 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; also ῥευσοῦμαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 356a16, 361a33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; later ῥεύσω, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.124 (1st c.AD: Bassus, Lollius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἔρρευσα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 526 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 11, “Int.” 23, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.33, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.32 (Parmenio Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.15.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἀπ-), [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.7.4, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—but the Attic dialect future and aorist are of passive form, ῥῠήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.140, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρρύην [ῠ] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.116, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84c, etc., as also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐξ-ερρύα, see at {ἐκρέω}; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive ἐ[γ]ρυᾷ [[ “GDI” 3591a51 (from Calymna)] Refs]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ῥύη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.455 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἐρρύηκα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἔρρυκα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.398.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]—A present middle ῥέομαι occurs also in Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.140 (see. below), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 3, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 71, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.25.9, etc.; so ἐρρεῖτο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1602, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.31, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—This Verb does not contraction εη, εο, εω:—flow, run, stream, gush, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.204, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.300, 17.86, etc.: with _dative_ of that which flows, [πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει] Refs 8th c.BC+] the fountain runs with water,[[ 22.149, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.70, “IG” 12.54.7; ῥέε δ᾽ αἵματι γαῖα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.65, etc.; φάραγγες ὕδατι.. ῥέουσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 449 (troch.); ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον ῥεῖ δ᾽ οἴνῳ [prev. author] “Ba.” 142 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἴνῳ.. ἔρρει χαράδρα Telecl.[same place] (see. entry near the end); (also in middle, ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι (for the sake of meter for ῥεόμενοι, compare μαχεούμενοι) Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.140; φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1602); πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσαν [prev. author] “Tr.” 995: so _metaphorically_, πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 527 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative in the same sense (see. below [[ 11.2)] Refs]: also with genitive, ἀσφάλτου [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.5.8; πολλοῦ ὕδατος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.9.4: sometimes with _nominative_, Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.59, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.32 (Parmenio Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __b the post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] expression for a full stream is μέγας ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25; μέγας ἐρρύη [prev. author] 8.138, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5; ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.129 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πολὺς ῥεῖ, metaphorically of men, ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεώς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 80 (Lyric poetry); Κύπρις ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 443 (compare below 2); so ῥ. μου τὸ δάκρυον πολύ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1034 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ. [[ 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 193; πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ δῆμος ὅλος ἐρρύη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 21. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__c of a river, also ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος derive its stream from melted snow, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__d proverbial, ἄνω ῥεῖν flow upwards, of inversion of the usual or right order, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 520; ἄνω ποταμῶν ἐρρύησαν οἱ.. λόγοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.287 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἄνω (B)1.
__e ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ᾽ οὖρον (see. οὖρος (A))[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 468. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands rained darts, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.159; ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 347a34, compare 349a34; φλὸξ ῥυεῖσα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 31; so τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of a flow of words, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.249, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 39.97; ἔπε᾽ ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα [prev. work] 84 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, of the tongue, run glibly, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 557; so θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι καθ᾽ ὑμῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, of words or sentiments, to be current, κληδόνος καλῆς μάτην ῥεούσης [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 259. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 fall, drop off, e.g. of hair, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.393, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 29, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.89, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of ripe fruit, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.4.14, “Geoponica” 9.12 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of over-ripe corn, ἤδη ῥέοντα τὸν στάχυν [[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 88.14 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; wear out, εἰ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 87d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a house, to be in a tumble-down condition, [[ 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.51.28, 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.27 H.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι to stay a collapse of the system, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 5.27.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 of molten objects, liquefy, run, ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 698; τήκεται ὁ λίθος.. ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 383b6, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 to be in perpetual flux and change, ἅπανθ᾽ ὁρῶ ἅμα τῇ τύχῃ ῥέοντα μεταπίπτοντά τε [[ “Comica Adespota” 200; ὡς ἰόντων ἁπάντων ἀεὶ καὶ ῥεόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 439c, compare 411c; κινεῖται καὶ ῥεῖ.. τὰ πάντα [prev. author] “Tht.” 182c: hence οἱ ῥέοντες, of the Heraclitean philosophers, opposed to οἱ τοῦ ὅλου στασιῶται, [prev. work] 181a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5.b 'run', of ink, etc., metaphorically, στιγμῆς ῥυείσης γραμμὴν φαντασιούμεθα.., γραμμῆς δὲ ῥυείσης πλάτος ἐποιήσαμεν [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.99; compare ῥυίσκομαι 11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__6 of persons, ῥ. ἐπί τι to be inclined, given to a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.5; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485d; οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντες [prev. work] 495b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 leak, of a ship, opposed to στεγανὸν εἶναι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 554, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.50.7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λύχνοι ῥέοντες [[probably in Roussel “Cultes Egyptiens” p.222 (Delos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a roof, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 248; [ἀγγεῖον] ῥέον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.782e; οἰνοχόαι ῥέουσαι “Michel” 815.131 (Delos, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__8 to have a flux, τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσας [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.41. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__9 impersonal, ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύη [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II very rarely transitive, let flow, pour, ἔρρει χοάς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 528 (as variant for{αἴρει}):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —this differs from the usage
__II.2 with accusative cognate, ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι, let the land run milk, honey, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.124, 126 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἷμα ῥυήσεται, of the Nile, [[ 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 133; οἶνον ῥέων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.7, cf. LXX.Joel.3(4).18, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 287:—in place of this _accusative_ the best writers commonly used the _dative_, see above 1.1. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__III see at {ῥέον}. (Cf. ῥόϝος, Sanskrit sravati, Lithuanian sravēti 'flow': I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] srèw- alternating with sr[ocaron]w- and sr[ucaron]-.)
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