saying, speech, μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος Od. 21.291; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν Pi. N. 1.59; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end oneʼs speech, Hdt. 8.83; ῥ. βραχεῖα S. Fr. 64; ξυνεχής Th. 5.85; μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις A. Supp. 273; εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω Id. Ag. 1322; ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος Id. Supp. 615, cf. S. Fr. 142.20; περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν Pl. Phdr. 268c; μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν Id. R. 605d, Luc. Prom. 6; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, Hdt. 4.127 (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu. Prov. 1.
resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. Hdt. 1.152, cf. Crates Com. 56, IG l.c.
speaking, opp. reading (ἀνάγνωσις), D.H. Isoc. 2 (Wolf, for χρήσεως).
tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. Pi. O. 7.55.
expression or passage in an author, esp. speech in a play, Ar. Nu. 1371, V. 580, Ra. 151, Men. Epit. 585: pl. in Ephipp. 16.3, D. 18.267; ῥ. τινὲς τῶν Ἀριστοφανείων Plu. QConv. 2.712d; esp. of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot.
manner of speaking, style, ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ. prose, Longin. Proll.Heph. 1.3.