ῥοή

ῥοή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”) +‎ -η (-ē), possibly inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hrowā́, from Proto-Indo-European *srowéh₂, from the root *srew- (“to flow, stream”). Cognate with Lithuanian sravà, Latvian strava, and Sanskrit *स्रवा (*sravā́) in such compounds as गिरिस्रवा (girisravā).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.ɛ̌ː/ → /roˈi/ → /roˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈi/

Noun

ῥοή • (rhoḗ) f (genitive ἐκροῆς); first declension

1. a river, a stream

   Synonym: ποταμός (potamós)

2. (philosophy) a flux

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῥοή; τῆς ῥοῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥοή hē rhoḗ	τὼ ῥοᾱ́ tṑ rhoā́	αἱ ῥοαί hai rhoaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥοῆς tês rhoês	τοῖν ῥοαῖν toîn rhoaîn	τῶν ῥοῶν tôn rhoôn
Dative	τῇ ῥοῇ têi rhoêi	τοῖν ῥοαῖν toîn rhoaîn	ταῖς ῥοαῖς taîs rhoaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥοήν tḕn rhoḗn	τὼ ῥοᾱ́ tṑ rhoā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥοᾱ́ς tā̀s rhoā́s
Vocative	ῥοή rhoḗ	ῥοᾱ́ rhoā́	ῥοαί rhoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ῥοή; ῥοῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥοή rhoḗ	ῥοᾱ́ rhoā́	ῥοαί rhoaí
Genitive	ῥοῆς rhoês	ῥοαῖν / ῥοαῖῐν / ῥοῇῐν rhoaî(i)n / rhoêiin	ῥοᾱ́ων / ῥοέ͜ων / ῥοῶν rhoā́ōn / rhoé͜ōn / rhoôn
Dative	ῥοῇ rhoêi	ῥοαῖν / ῥοαῖῐν / ῥοῇῐν rhoaî(i)n / rhoêiin	ῥοῇσῐ / ῥοῇσῐν / ῥοῇς / ῥοαῖς rhoêisi(n) / rhoêis / rhoaîs
Accusative	ῥοήν rhoḗn	ῥοᾱ́ rhoā́	ῥοᾱ́ς rhoā́s
Vocative	ῥοή rhoḗ	ῥοᾱ́ rhoā́	ῥοαί rhoaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: ροή (roḯ)

References

1. Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634

Further reading

• “ῥοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥοή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brook idem, page 101.
  • current idem, page 190.
  • flood idem, page 329.
  • flow idem, page 329.
  • flux idem, page 331.
  • jet idem, page 463.
  • rill idem, page 715.
  • river idem, page 718.
  • rivulet idem, page 718.
  • stream idem, page 824.
  • tide idem, page 873.