ῥυμός

A. pole of a chariot or car, Il. 10.505, 23.393, 24.271, Hdt. 4.69; ἐν πρώτῳ ῥ. at the front end of the pole, Il. 6.40, 16.371; ἀρτήματα ῥρυμοῖς pole-chains, IG 12.314.40, cf. 313.21,22,28, 22.1672.307.

b. three stars in the Bear, the pole of the Wain, Suid.

2. log or block of wood for fuel, SIG 975.1, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), IG 11 (2).154 A 18 (ibid., iii B.C.); ξύλα καὶ κληματίδες καὶ ῥυμοὶ τὰ ἱερεῖα ἑψῆσαι ib. 203 A 51 (ibid., iii B.C.); ῥυμὸς εἰς βωμόν ib.144 A 32 (ibid., iv B.C.); ῥυμοὶ εἰς τοὺς χορούς Inscr.Délos 442 A 186, cf. 189 (ii B.C.).

II. trace, Ael. NA 10.48.

III. trail of a shooting star, Arat. 927.

IV. perh. shelf or row, πρῶτος ῥ., δεύτερος ῥ., etc., IG 22.1388.16,19, al., Michel 832.63 (Samos, iv B.C.), etc.; αἱ . . ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ῥ. φιάλαι Inscr.Délos 442 B 21 (ii B.C.); ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου ῥ. τοῦ ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ φιάλη ἡ περιγενομένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥ. τοῦ παραδοθέντος τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ib.25.

V. a weight at Rhodes, Suid.

VI. = τάξις, ἢ ἐμμέλεια, Hsch. (sed leg. ῥυθμός).