ῥεῖθρον

hreithron

that which flows, a river, stream

Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 19
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Book 2 2
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2461
2533
Book 7 1
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7135
Book 8 1
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8369
Book 14 1
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14245
Book 17 1
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17749
Book 21 12
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219
2125
21218
21235
21238
21244
21311
21352
21354
21361
21365
21382
Book 23 1
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23205
Odyssey 5
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Book 1 1
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1186
Book 3 1
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3292
Book 6 1
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6317
Book 11 2
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11157
11240

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥεῖθρον, τό, Att. contr. from Ion. and Ep. ῥέεθρον, which is used by Trag. once in dialogue, A. Pers. 497, freq. in lyr.: (ῥέω):—A. that which flows, a river, stream, ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα the streams, waters of . ., Il. 14.245; ἐρατεινὰ ῥ. 21.218; Στυγὸς ὕδατος αἰπὰ ῥ. 8.369, cf. h.Hom. 19.9, etc.; παρθενόσφαγα ῥ. streams of a maidenʼs blood, A. Ag. 210 (lyr.): sg., ἐκτρέψασα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον πᾶν ἐς τὸ ὤρυξε χωρίον Hdt. 1.186, cf. 179, Th. 7.74; Ἀλφεοῦ ῥέεθρον Pi. O. 9.18; ῥέεθρον ἁγνοῦ Στρυμόνος A. Pers. 497; ὅταν περάσῃς ῥεῖθρον Id. Pr. 790; esp. of rivulets, brooks, X. Cyn. 5.15, Plb. 3.71.4, Jul. Or. 3.126d. II. bed or channel of a river, ἄψορρον . . κῦμα κατέσσυτο καλὰ ῥέεθρα Il. 21.382; ποταμοῦ ῥ. ἀπεξηρασμένον Hdt. 7.109; ποταμὸν ἐκτραπέσθαι ἐκ τῶν ἀρχαίων ῥ. Id. 1.75; παρατρέψας [τὸν ποταμὸν] διʼ ὧν νῦν ῥέει ῥεέθρων, i.e. ἐκ τῶν ῥεέθρων διʼ ὧν νῦν ῥέει, Id. 7.130, cf. 127:—signf. I and ΙΙ are sts. hard to distinguish, cf. Hdt. 1.191, 2.11, 9.51.

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