ῥόα, ἡ,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ῥοιή; later ῥοιά, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 796a21, “Pr.” 923b25, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.3, +others, “PHib.” 1.121.57 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.605] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— pomegranate-tree, Punica Granatum, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.115, “IG” 11(2).287 A 147] Refs 8th c.BC+] (ῥοαν), 155 (ῥοην) (Delos, 3rd c.BC).
__II the fruit, pomegranate, [[ Hymnus in Cererem 372, 412, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1268, 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 36, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.13.4, “IG” 11(2).161 B 44 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.110. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 knob shaped like a pomegranate, ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; tassel of like shape,= ῥοΐσκος, [[ LXX.3Ki.7.18, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.4, “BJ” 5.5.7.—Cf. σίδη. [Both ῥοά and ῥοιά are oxytone _accusative_ to Hdn.Gr. 1.301, 2.271.] ] LXX+1st c.AD+]