ῥώομαι

hroomai

move with speed

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 4
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Book 18 2
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18411
18417
Book 20 1
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2037
Book 23 1
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23367

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥώομαι, Ep. Verb, of which Hom. uses 3pl. impf. ἐρρώοντο, Ep. ῥώοντο, and 3pl. aor. ἐρρώσαντο (v. infr.); aor. subj. ῥώσονται or -ωνται Call. Del. 175: Nic. has also ῥώετο, Th. 351; later in pres., Orph. L. 707 (prob.), D.P. 518 codd.:—A. move with speed or violence, rush on, esp. of warriors, Il. 11.50, 16.166, cf. Hes. Sc. 230; τεύχεσιν ἐρρ. πυρὴν πέρι ran round it, Od. 24.69; Νυμφάων, αἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀχελώϊον ἐρρώσαντο dance, Il. 24.616 (cf. ἐπιρρώομαι I.2): c. acc. cogn., χορὸν ἐρρώσαντο they ply the dance, h.Ven. 261; ὑπὸ ῥώοντο ἄνακτι they moved supporting their lord, Il. 18.417; κνῆμαι ῥώοντο, γούνατα ἐρρώσαντο, ib.411, Od. 23.3; also of horses’ manes, ἐρρώοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο waved streaming in the wind, Il. 23.367.

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