ῥόα

A. pomegranate-tree, Punica Granatum, Od. 7.115, IG 11(2).287 A 147 (ῥοαν), 155 (ῥοην) (Delos, iii B.C.).

II. the fruit, pomegranate, h.Cer. 372, 412, A. Fr. 363, Ar. V. 1268, Hermipp. 36, Pl. Lg. 845b, Thphr. HP 7.13.4, IG 11(2).161 B 44 (Delos, iii B.C.), Dsc. 1.110.

2. knob shaped like a pomegranate, ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι, Hdt. 7.41; tassel of like shape,= ῥοΐσκος, LXX 3 Ki. 7.18, J. AJ 3.7.4, BJ 5.5.7.—Cf. σίδη. [Both ῥοά and ῥοιά are oxyt. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.301, 2.271.]