ῥῆσις

ῥῆσις, εως, [dialect] Ion. ιος, Arc. [full] ϝρῆσις (IG5(2).343.19, Orchom., iv B.C.), ἡ, ([etym.] ἐρῶ)

A saying, speech,

μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος Od.21.291

;

ῥ. ἀγγελῶν Pi.N. 1.59

; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end one's speech, Hdt.8.83;

ῥ. βραχεῖα S.Fr.64

;

ξυνεχής Th.5.85

;

μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις A.Supp.273

;

εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω Id.Ag.1322

;

ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος Id.Supp.615

, cf. S.Fr.142.20;

περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν Pl.Phdr. 268c

;

μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν Id.R.605d

, Luc.Prom.6; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, Hdt.4.127 (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu.Prov.1.62; prob. interpol. in Hdt.).

2 resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. Hdt.1.152, cf. Crates Com.56, IG l.c.

3 speaking, opp. reading ([etym.] ἀνάγνωσις), D.H.Isoc.2 (Wolf, for χρήσεως).

II tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. Pi.O.7.55.

III expression or passage in an author, esp. speech in a play, Ar.Nu.1371, V.580, Ra. 151, Men.Epit.585: pl. in Ephipp.16.3, D.18.267;

ῥ. τινὲς τῶν Ἀριστοφανείων Plu.2.712d

; esp. of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot.

IV manner of speaking, style, ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ. prose, Longin. Proll.Heph.1.3.