ῥεῦμα
hreuma
that which flows, current, stream
Appears 28 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ῥεῦμα, ατος, τό, (ῥέω) A. that which flows, current, stream, Pr. 139 (anap.), HG 4.2.11; μειλιχίων ποτῶν ῥ. OC 160 (lyr.); ἐλαίου ῥ. ἀψοφητὶ ῥέοντος Tht. 144b; ῥεῦμα μελισσῶν AP 9.404 (): metaph., ῥ. αὔξης καὶ τροφῆς, ὄψεως, Ti. 44b, 45c; τὸ ἀκούειν γίνεται ῥεύματός τινος φερομένου ἀπὸ τοῦ φωνοῦντος Ep. 1p.13U. 2. stream of a river, 2.20, 24; ῥ. Διρκαῖον Supp. 637, cf. IT 401 (lyr.); τὸ τοῦ Νείλου ῥ. Ti. 21e; also, eruption of lava, 3.116, 5.7: metaph., stream or flood of men, μεγάλῳ ῥ. φωτῶν Pers. 88 (anap.); ῥ. Περσικοῦ στρατοῦ ib.412, cf. IT 1437; πολλῷ ῥ. προσνισσόμενοι Ant. 129(anap.); so ῥεύματα ἐπῶν 186; κλαυθμῶν καὶ ὀδυρμῶν 2.609b. 3. flood, κατελθόντος αἰφνιδίου τοῦ ῥ. 4.75, cf. 8.12; φερομένῳ συναπενεχθῆναι τῷ ῥ. 15. II. that which is always flowing or changing, τὸ τῆς τύχης . . ῥ. μεταπίπτει ταχύ the ebb and flow of fortune, Georg.Fr. 2. III. Medic., humour or discharge from the body, flux, rheum, διὰ τῶν ῥινῶν VM 18; ῥ. εἰς τοὺς πόδας κατεληλύθει Philops. 6; ῥ. νοσηματικά Sens. 444a13; στομάχου καὶ κοιλίας ῥ. 1.83; κατασκῆψαι ῥ. εἰς τὰ νεῦρα 6.3.10: abs.,POxy. 1088.1(i A.D.), Mar. 34, etc.
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