ῥοή

A. river, stream, freq. in Hom., always in pl., and mostly with gen. added, ἐπ’ Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων Il. 3.5; Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοάς 2.869; ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od. 6.216; ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥ. Il. 16.229, cf. Schwyzer 289.107 (Priene, ii B.C.); Ὠκεανοῦ ῥ. Hes. Th. 841; also Σκαμάνδριοι ῥ. S. Aj. 419 (lyr.); τεναγέων ῥ. Pi. N. 3.25; ἀμπέλου ῥ. the juice of the grape, E. Cyc. 123; μέλιτος Id. Ba. 711; αἵματος Id. Supp. 690: rarely in sg., παρ’ Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοάν Pi. N. 11.36 codd. (but ῥοᾶν is prob.); ἀμπέλου ῥοή E. Ba. 281: in Dor. Prose, SIG 1183 (Gort.): metaph., stream of song or poesy, ῥοαὶ Μοισᾶν, ἐπέων, Pi. N. 7.12, I. 7(6) 19; ἡ διὰ τοῦ στόματος ῥ. Pl. Tht. 206d; προμαθείας ῥοαί Pi. N. 11.46; also ῥοαί streams of events, tide of affairs, Id. O. 2.33.

2. flowing of sap, Thphr. CP 1.13.5 (pl.).

3. flux, as a philosoph. term, Pl. Tht. 152e, v. Cra. 402a; cf. ῥέω 1.5. Cf. ῥόος 11, ῥοία 1.