ῥῆσις, εως,
Ionic dialect ιος, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] ϝρῆσις [[(“IG” 5(2).343.19, Orchom., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], ἡ, (ἐρῶ) saying, speech, μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.291; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.59 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end one's speech, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.83; ῥ. βραχεῖα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 64; ξυνεχής 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85; μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 273; εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω [prev. author] “Ag.” 1322; ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος [prev. author] “Supp.” 615, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 142.20; περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268c; μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν [prev. author] “R.” 605d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (a phrase that became proverbial,[[compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Prov.” 1.62; probably interpolated in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.152, compare 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 56, “IG” [prev. cited] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 speaking, opposed to reading (ἀνάγνωσις), [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 2 (Wolf, for χρήσεως). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]