ῥῆσις

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 (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.