ῥέω

ῥέω, Il.22.149, etc.; [dialect] Ep. [full] ῥείω Hes.Fr.263 (dub.), D.P.1074, AP7.36 (Eryc.), but not in Hom.: [tense] impf. [ per.] 3sg.

A

ἔρρει Il.17.86

, Telecl.1.4, but elsewhere in Hom. ἔρρεε or ῥέε: [tense] fut.

ῥεύσομαι Thgn.448

, E.Fr. 384, Crates Com.15.4, Pherecr.130.5, Hp.Haem.5; also ῥευσοῦμαι, Arist.Mete.356a16, 361a33; later ῥεύσω, AP5.124 (Bass.): [tense] aor.

ἔρρευσα Ar.Eq.526

(anap.), Hp.Loc.Hom.11, Int.23, Mosch.3.33, AP5.32 (Parmen.), Plb.5.15.7 ([pref] ἀπ-), Paus.5.7.4, etc.:—but the [dialect] Att. [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. are of pass. form,

ῥῠήσομαι Isoc.8.140

, cf. Hp.Nat.Hom.5; ἐρρύην [ῠ] Th.3.116, X.Cyr.8.3.30, Pl.Ti.84c, etc., as also in Hdt.8.138; [dialect] Dor. ἐξ-ερρύα, v. ἐκρέω; [ per.] 3sg. subj.

ἐ[γ]ρυᾷ GDI3591a51

([place name] Calymna); [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

ῥύη Od.3.455

: [tense] pf.

ἐρρύηκα Hp.Loc.Hom.10

, Pl.R. 485d, Isoc.8.5; later ἔρρυκα, Gal.5.398.—A [tense] pres. [voice] Med. [full] ῥέομαι occurs also in Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140 (v. infr.), Plu.Cor.3, Luc.Salt.71, Philostr. VS1.25.9, etc.; so

ἐρρεῖτο E.Hel.1602

, Philostr.VA8.31, etc.—This Verb does not [var] contr. εη, εο, εω:—flow, run, stream, gush, Od.19.204, Il.3.300, 17.86, etc.: with dat. of that which flows, [πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει the fountain runs with water, 22.149, cf. Od.5.70, IG12.54.7;

ῥέε δ' αἵματι γαῖα Il.8.65

, etc.;

φάραγγες ὕδατι . . ῥέουσαι E.Tr.449

(troch.);

ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον ῥεῖ δ' οἴνῳ Id.Ba.142

(lyr.); οἴνῳ . . ἔρρει χαράδρα Telecl.l.c.(v. sub fin.); (also in [voice] Med., ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι (metri gr. for ῥεόμενοι, cf. μαχεούμενοι) Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140;

φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτο E. Hel.1602

);

πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσαν Id.Tr.995

: so metaph.,

πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳ Ar.Eq.527

: rarely with acc. in the same sense (v. infr. 11.2): also with gen.,

ἀσφάλτου Str.7.5.8

;

πολλοῦ ὕδατος Arr.An. 5.9.4

: sts. with nom.,

Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείς Isoc.10.59

, cf. AP5.32 (Parmen.).

b the post-Hom. expression for a full stream is

μέγας ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοι Hdt.2.25

;

μέγας ἐρρύη Id.8.138

, cf. Th.2.5;

ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦν Hdt.7.129

; also πολὺς ῥεῖ, metaph. of men,

ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεώς A.Th.80

(lyr.);

Κύπρις ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ E.Hipp.443

(cf. infr. 2); so

ῥ. μου τὸ δάκρυον πολύ Ar.Lys.1034

; also ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ. Ps.-Phoc.193;

πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ δῆμος ὅλος ἐρρύη Plu.Alc. 21

.

c of a river, also ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος derive its stream from melted snow, Hdt.2.22.

d prov., ἄνω ῥεῖν flow upwards, of inversion of the usual or right order, E.Supp.520;

ἄνω ποταμῶν ἐρρύησαν οἱ . . λόγοι D.19.287

; cf. ἄνω (B)1.

e ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρον (v. οὖρος (A))S.Tr.468.

2 metaph. of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands rained darts, Il.12.159;

ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς Arist.Mete.347a34

, cf. 349a34;

φλὸξ ῥυεῖσα Plu.Brut.31

; so

τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναι Ael.Fr.2

; esp. of a flow of words,

ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il.1.249

, cf. Hes.Th.39.97; ἔπε' ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα ib.84: abs., of the tongue, run glibly, A.Th.557; so

θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι καθ' ὑμῶν D.18.136

: hence, of words or sentiments, to be current,

κληδόνος καλῆς μάτην ῥεούσης S.OC 259

.

3 fall, drop off, e.g. of hair, Od.10.393, Hes.Fr.29, Theoc. 2.89, etc.; of ripe fruit, Plb.12.4.14, Gp.9.12; of over-ripe corn,

ἤδη ῥέοντα τὸν στάχυν Babr.88.14

; wear out,

εἰ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτο Pl.Phd.87d

; of a house, to be in a tumble-down condition, Gorg. ap. Stob.4.51.28, Teles p.27 H.; ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι to stay a collapse of the system, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.1.

4 of molten objects, liquefy, run,

ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον S.Tr.698

;

τήκεται ὁ λίθος . . ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖν Arist.Mete.383b6

, cf. Thphr.Lap.9.

5 to be in perpetual flux and change,

ἅπανθ' ὁρῶ ἅμα τῇ τύχῃ ῥέοντα μεταπίπτοντά τε Com.Adesp.200

;

ὡς ἰόντων ἁπάντων ἀεὶ καὶ ῥεόντων Pl.Cra. 439c

, cf. 411c;

κινεῖται καὶ ῥεῖ . . τὰ πάντα Id.Tht.182c

: hence οἱ ῥέοντες, of the Heraclitean philosophers, opp. οἱ τοῦ ὅλου στασιῶται, ib.181a.

b 'run', of ink, etc., metaph.,

στιγμῆς ῥυείσης γραμμὴν φαντασιούμεθα . ., γραμμῆς δὲ ῥυείσης πλάτος ἐποιήσαμεν S.E.M.7.99

; cf.

ῥυίσκομαι 11

.

6 of persons, ῥ. ἐπί τι to be inclined, given to a thing, Isoc.8.5;

πρός τι Pl.R.485d

; οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντες ib.495b.

7 leak, of a ship, opp. στεγανὸν εἶναι, Arist.Fr.554, cf. Paus.8.50.7; λύχνοι ῥέοντες prob.in Roussel Cultes Egyptiens p.222(Delos, ii B.C.); of a roof, Men.Sam.248; [

ἀγγεῖον] ῥέον Plu.2.782e

;

οἰνοχόαι ῥέουσαι Michel 815.131

(Delos, iv B.C.).

8 to have a flux,

τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσας D.S.5.41

.

9 impers.,

ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύη Hp.Epid.1.19

.

II very rarely trans., let flow, pour,

ἔρρει χοάς E.Hec.528

(as v.l. for αἴρει):—this differs from the usage

2 c. acc. cogn., ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι, let the land run milk, honey, Theoc.5.124,126; αἷμα ῥυήσεται, of the Nile, Ezek.Exag.133;

οἶνον ῥέων Luc.VH1.7

, cf. LXXJl.3(4).18, Sch.Ar.Pl.287:—in place of this acc. the best writers commonly used the dat., v. supr. 1.1.

III v. ῥέον. (Cf. ῥόϝος, Skt. sravati, Lith. sravēti 'flow': I.-E. srèw- alternating with sr[ocaron]w- and sr[ucaron]-.)