ῥῶσις

εως, ἡ

ῥώννυμι

A. strengthening, trength, ῥ. καὶ θρέψις σωμάτων S.E. M. 11.97; ῥῶσιν εὔξασθαί τινι OGI 206 (Nubia, ii or iii A.D.); κοινὴν ἅπασι πορίζεται ῥῶσιν Chor.in Lib. 4p.524R.
2. encouragement, τοῦ Ἕκτορος Sch.Il. Oxy. 1087 i 13.
3. violence, τοῦ πάθους Porph. Abst. 1.38; preponderance, τοῦ χείρονος ἤθους Plot. 3.4.3.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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