ῥόος

See also: ῥοός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hrówos, from Proto-Indo-European *srówos, from *srew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्रव (srava), Latvian strava, Lithuanian sravà, Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥόος • (rhóos) m (genitive ῥόου or ῥόος or ῥοός, variously declined); second declension, third declension

  1. stream; flow; current

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ῥόος; τοῦ ῥόου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥόος
ho rhóos 		τὼ ῥόω
tṑ rhóō 		οἱ ῥόοι
hoi rhóoi
Genitive τοῦ ῥόου
toû rhóou 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τῶν ῥόων
tôn rhóōn
Dative τῷ ῥόῳ
tōî rhóōi 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τοῖς ῥόοις
toîs rhóois
Accusative τὸν ῥόον
tòn rhóon 		τὼ ῥόω
tṑ rhóō 		τοὺς ῥόους
toùs rhóous
Vocative ῥόε
rhóe 		ῥόω
rhóō 		ῥόοι
rhóoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ὁ ῥόος; τοῦ ῥόος / ῥοός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥόος
ho rhóos 		τὼ ῥόε
tṑ rhóe 		οἱ ῥόες
hoi rhóes
Genitive τοῦ ῥόος / ῥοός
toû rhóos / rhoós 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τῶν ῥόων
tôn rhóōn
Dative τῷ ῥοῐ̈́
tōî rhoĭ̈́ 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τοῖς ῥόσῐ / ῥόσῐν
toîs rhósĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῥόᾰ
tòn rhóă 		τὼ ῥόε
tṑ rhóe 		τοὺς ῥόᾰς
toùs rhóăs
Vocative ῥόος
rhóos 		ῥόε
rhóe 		ῥόες
rhóes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of ῥόος; ῥόοιο / ῥόοο / ῥόου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ῥόος
rhóos 		ῥόω
rhóō 		ῥόοι
rhóoi
Genitive ῥόοιο / ῥόοο / ῥόου
rhóoio / rhóoo / rhóou 		ῥόοιῐ̈ν
rhóoiĭ̈n 		ῥόων
rhóōn
Dative ῥόῳ
rhóōi 		ῥόοιῐ̈ν
rhóoiĭ̈n 		ῥόοισῐ / ῥόοισῐν / ῥόοις
rhóoisĭ(n) / rhóois
Accusative ῥόον
rhóon 		ῥόω
rhóō 		ῥόους
rhóous
Vocative ῥόε
rhóe 		ῥόω
rhóō 		ῥόοι
rhóoi
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Second declension of ὁ ῥόος; τοῦ ῥόου (Ionic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥόος
ho rhóos 		τὼ ῥόω
tṑ rhóō 		οἱ ῥόοι
hoi rhóoi
Genitive τοῦ ῥόου
toû rhóou 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τῶν ῥόων
tôn rhóōn
Dative τῷ ῥόῳ
tōî rhóōi 		τοῖν ῥόοιν
toîn rhóoin 		τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ῥόοισῐ / ῥόοισῐν
toîsĭ(n) rhóoisĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῥόον
tòn rhóon 		τὼ ῥόω
tṑ rhóō 		τοὺς ῥόους
toùs rhóous
Vocative ῥόε
rhóe 		ῥόω
rhóō 		ῥόοι
rhóoi
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

  • ἀγάρροος (agárrhoos)
  • ἀείροος (aeíroos)
  • βαθύρροος (bathúrrhoos)
  • ἐπτάρροος (eptárrhoos)
  • κὰρ ῥόον (kàr rhóon)
  • κατὰ ῥόον (katà rhóon)
  • κατὰ ῥοῦν (katà rhoûn)
  • μελίρροος (melírrhoos)
  • ῥοείδιον (rhoeídion)
  • ὑπέρροος (hupérrhoos)
  • φυλλορόος (phulloróos)

Further reading

  • “ῥόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ῥόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ῥόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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