The corpus record

ῥοῖζος

roizos · ὁ

whistling, whizzing, whistling

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

whistling, whizzing, whistling, piping sound, rush, noise, hissing

whistling or whizzing of an arrow, Il. 16.361, cf. Plu. Marc. 15, Onos. 19.3, etc.; of a scourge, Opp. H. 2.352: any whistling or piping sound, as of a shepherd, πολλῇ ῥ. Od. 9.315; πνευμάτων ῥ. Plu. Aud.poet. 2.18c; rush of wings, LXX Wi. 5.11, Ael. NA 2.26; of a stream, LXX Ez. 47.5, Ael. NA 17.17; of the sea, Hymn.Is. 150; of the noise of a falling tree, Q.S. 1.251; hissing of a serpent, A.R. 4.138, 1543; used of the sound made by filing, Arist. Aud. 802a39; of the letter ρ, Phld. Po.Herc. 99

II rushing motion, rush, swing

rushing motion, rush, swing, Plu. Marc. 15, Demetr. 21, Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.4.

In the wild

ῥοῖζον · rhoizon Iliad 16.361
ῥοίζῳ · rhoizōi Odyssey 9.315
ῥοῖζος · rhoizos Septuaginta, Ezechiel 47
ῥοίζῳ · rhoizōi Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 9
ῥοίζου · rhoizou Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 5

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ῥοῖζος (scan pp. 1341-1342; entry #5324).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥοῖζος (scan p. 997; entry #6992).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥοῖζος (scan p. 1634; entry #4991).

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