ῥέω, Il.22.149, etc.; Ep. ῥείωHes.Fr.263 (dub.), D.P.1074, AP7.36 (Eryc.), but not in Hom.: impf.3sg.ἔρρειIl.17.86, Telecl.1.4, but elsewhere in Hom.ἔρρεε or ῥέε: fut.ῥεύσομαιThgn.448, E.Fr. 384, Crates Com.15.4, Pherecr.130.5, Hp.Haem.5; also ῥευσοῦμαι, Arist.Mete.356a16, 361a33; later ῥεύσω, AP5.124 (Bass.): aor.ἔρρευσαAr.Eq.526(anap.), Hp.Loc.Hom.11, Int.23, Mosch.3.33, AP5.32 (Parmen.), Plb.5.15.7 (ἀπ-), Paus.5.7.4, etc.:— but the Att. fut. and aor. are of pass. form, ῥῠήσομαιIsoc.8.140, cf. Hp.Nat.Hom.5; ἐρρύην [ῠ] Th.3.116, X.Cyr.8.3.30, Pl.Ti.84c, etc., as also in Hdt.8.138; Dor. ἐξ-ερρύα, v. ἐκρέω; 3sg.subj.ἐ[γ]ρυᾷGDI3591a51 (Calymna); Ep. 3sg.ῥύηOd.3.455: pf.ἐρρύηκαHp.Loc.Hom.10, Pl.R. 485d, Isoc.8.5; later ἔρρυκα, Gal.5.398.— A pres. Med. ῥέομαι occurs also in Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140 (v. infr.), Plu.Cor.3, Luc.Salt.71, Philostr.VS1.25.9, etc.; so ἐρρεῖτοE.Hel.1602, Philostr.VA8.31, etc.— This Verb does not contr. εη, εο, εω:—
flow, run, stream, gush
, Od.19.204, Il.3.300, 17.86, etc.: with dat. of that which flows, [πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει the fountain
runs with
water, 22.149, cf. Od.5.70, IG12.54.7; ῥέε δ' αἵματι γαῖαIl.8.65, etc.; φάραγγες ὕδατι ..ῥέουσαιE.Tr.449 (troch.); ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον ῥεῖ δ' οἴνῳId.Ba.142(lyr.); οἴνῳ ..ἔρρει χαράδρα Telecl.l.c.(v. sub fin.); (also in Med., ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι (metri gr. for ῥεόμενοι, cf. μαχεούμενοι) Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140; φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτοE.Hel.1602); πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσανId.Tr.995: so metaph., πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳAr.Eq.527: rarely with acc. in the same sense (v. infr. 11.2): also with gen., ἀσφάλτουStr.7.5.8; πολλοῦ ὕδατοσArr.An. 5.9.4: sts. with nom., Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείσIsoc.10.59, cf. AP5.32 (Parmen.). b. the post-Hom. expression for
a full stream
is μέγας ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοιHdt.2.25; μέγας ἐρρύηId.8.138, cf. Th.2.5; ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦνHdt.7.129; also πολὺς ῥεῖ, metaph. of men, ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεώσA.Th.80(lyr.); Κύπρις ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇE.Hipp.443 (cf. infr. 2); so ῥ. μου τὸ δάκρυον πολύAr.Lys.1034; also ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ. Ps.-Phoc.193; πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ δῆμος ὅλος ἐρρύηPlu.Alc. 21. c. of a river, also ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνοσ
derive its stream
from melted snow, Hdt.2.22. d. prov., ἄνω ῥεῖν
flow
upwards, of inversion of the usual or right order, E.Supp.520; ἄνω ποταμῶν ἐρρύησαν οἱ ..λόγοιD.19.287; cf. ἄνω (B)1. e.ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρον (v. οὖροσ (A))S.Tr.468. 2. metaph. of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands
rained
darts, Il.12.159; ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖσArist.Mete.347a34, cf. 349a34; φλὸξ ῥυεῖσαPlu.Brut.31; so τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναιAel.Fr.2; esp. of a
flow
of words, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδήIl.1.249, cf. Hes.Th.39.97; ἔπε' ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα ib.84: abs., of the tongue,
run glibly
, A.Th.557; so θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι καθ' ὑμῶνD.18.136: hence, of words or sentiments,
to be current
, κληδόνος καλῆς μάτην ῥεούσησS.OC 259. 3.
fall, drop off
, e.g. of hair, Od.10.393, Hes.Fr.29, Theoc. 2.89, etc.; of ripe fruit, Plb.12.4.14, Gp.9.12; of over-ripe corn, ἤδη ῥέοντα τὸν στάχυνBabr.88.14;
wear out
, εἰ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτοPl.Phd.87d; of a house,
to be in a tumble-down condition
, Gorg. ap. Stob.4.51.28, Teles p.27 H.; ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι to stay a
collapse
of the system, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.1. 4. of molten objects,
to a thing, Isoc.8.5; πρός τιPl.R.485d; οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντεσ ib.495b. 7.
leak
, of a ship, opp. στεγανὸν εἶναι, Arist.Fr.554, cf. Paus.8.50.7; λύχνοι ῥέοντεσ prob.in Roussel
Cultes Egyptiens
p.222(Delos, ii B.C.); of a roof, Men.Sam.248; [ἀγγεῖον] ῥέονPlu.2.782e; οἰνοχόαι ῥέουσαιMichel 815.131 (Delos, iv B.C.). 8.
to have a flux
, τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσασD.S.5.41. 9. impers., ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύηHp.Epid.1.19. II. very rarely trans.,
let flow, pour
, ἔρρει χοάσE.Hec.528 (as v.l. for αἴρει):— this differs from the usage 2. c. acc. cogn., ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι,
let
the land
run
milk, honey, Theoc.5.124,126; αἷμα ῥυήσεται, of the Nile, Ezek.Exag.133; οἶνον ῥέωνLuc.VH1.7, cf. LXXJl.3(4).18, Sch.Ar.Pl.287:— in place of this acc. the best writers commonly used the dat., v. supr. 1.1. III. v. ῥέον. (Cf. ῥόfοσ, Skt.