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ῥεῦμα

hreuma

that which flows, current, stream

Appears 31 times across Plato's dialogues.

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