ῥόος

ῥόος, ὁ, Cypr. ῥόϝος Inscr.Cypr. 135.19 H., Att. contr. ῥοῦς: Ion. and later writers have the heterocl. dat. ῥοΐ (like νοΐ from νοῦς), Hellanic. 28J., Ach.Tat. 3.20; also gen. ῥοός Peripl.M.Rubr. 46: (ῥέω):— A. stream, flow of water, current, Hom. only in sg., freq. with gen., ῥ. Ἀλφειοῖο, Ὠκεανοῖο, etc., Il. 11.726, 16.151, al.; κῦμα ῥόοιο 21.263; προχέειν ῥόον εἰς ἅλα ib.219; ποταμοὺς ἔτρεψε νέεσθαι κὰρ ῥόον to flow in their own bed, 12.33; κατὰ ῥόον down, i.e. with, the stream, Od. 5.327,461, Hdt. 2.96, etc.: metaph., φέρεσθαι κατὰ ῥοῦν Pl. R. 492c; ταυτὶ κατὰ ῥ. προχωρεῖ Luc. JTr. 50; πρὸς ῥόον against it, Il. 21.303; Βόσπορος, ῥ. θεοῦ A. Pers. 746 (troch.); current at sea, ὑπό τε τοῦ ῥοῦ καὶ ἀνέμου Th. 1.54; εἰκῇ κατὰ ῥοῦν πλέοντας Phld. Rh. 1.381S.: also, current of air, Emp. 100.14; ῥόος καπνοῦ Pi. P. 1.22. II. flux, discharge of morbid humours, Hp. Aph. 5.56, Arist HA 521a28, Thphr. HP 9.12.1. III. = ῥοή 3, Pl. Cra. 411d. IV. v. ῥόον.