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ῥοίζ-ημα

roizema · τό

rushing, whirring noise

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What it meant — LSJ

rushing, whirring noise, motion

rushing, whirring noise or motion, as of birds, Ar. Av. 1182 (pl.), cf. Luc. Musc. Enc. 2; στεροπᾶς Id. JTr. 1; of the planetary spheres, Iamb. VP 15.65 (pl.); τραγικῷ -ήματι ῥήξατο φωνήν AP 5.221 (Agath.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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