The corpus record

ῥευσ-τός

reustos

in a state of flux, flowing

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What it meant — LSJ

in a state of flux, flowing

in a state of flux, flowing, ἔργα Emp. 121.3; ἡ ὕλη Arist. Fr. 207, S.E. P. 1.217, Porph. Antr. 5; of time flowing away, Ath.Mech. 3.10.

2 fluctuating, unsettled

metaph., fluctuating, unsettled, οὐσία Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.268d; ὀλισθηρὰν καὶ ῥ. εἰς ἅπαντα τὴν πολυπραγμοσύνην ποιοῦντες ib. Curios. 522a.

Where it came from

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