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ῥώμη

rome · ἡ

bodily strength, might

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Where it lives

  • Agesilaus 5 · 6.8/10k
  • Apology 1 · 5/10k
  • Menexenus 2 · 4.16/10k
  • Economics 6 · 3.37/10k
  • Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
  • Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
  • Statesman 4 · 2.36/10k
  • Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
  • Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ῥώμη · rhōmē

bodily strength, might, strength, full strength, vigour

bodily strength, might, Xenoph. 2.11, Hdt. 1.31, 8.113; γυίων ῥ. A. Pers. 913 (anap.); μεῖζον ἢ κατʼ ἐμὰν ῥώμαν S. Tr. 1019 (lyr.); ἐπʼ ἀσθενοῦς ῥώμης ὀχούμεθʼ E. Or. 69; ἀκμαζούσῃ τῇ ῥώμῃ τῶν χειρῶν χρώμενος Antipho 4.3.3, cf. Agatho 27; εἴ τῳ . . προλίποι ἡ ῥ. καὶ τὸ σῶμα, i.e. his bodily strength, Th. 7.75; ὁ μετὰ ῥώμης γιγνόμενος θάνατος in the full strength or vigour of life, Id. 2.43; ὑγίειαν καὶ ῥ. Pl. Phdr. 270b; τὴν ἰσχὺν δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥ. Id. Smp. 190b; ῥ. καὶ τόλμῃ D. 18.220; ῥώμης ἀκμ

2

of nations, armies, and the like, τὴν παροῦσαν νῦν ῥ. πόλεως Th. 4.18.

3 strength, force, might

of things, strength, force, might, δορός E. Supp. 26; πνίγους Pl. Lg. 633c; πνεύματʼ ἀνέμων οὐκ ἀεὶ ῥώμην ἔχει E. HF 102; also ῥ. ψυχῆς X. Cyr. 4.2.14; ἡδονῶν Pl. Lg. 841a; τοῦ λέγειν ib. 711e; λόγου Id. Phdr. 267a; ἡ τῶν λόγων ῥ. Cratin.Jun. 7.3.

4 a force, army

οὐ μιᾷ ῥώμῃ not single-handed, S. OT 123: a force, i.e. army, X. An. 3.3.14, HG 7.4.16.

5 confidence

confidence, τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐγεγένητό τις ῥ., διότι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνόμιζον διπλοῦν τὸν πόλεμον ἔχοντας . . εὐκαθαιρετωτέρους ἔσεσθαι Th. 7.18, cf. 42, 4.29.

2. Ῥώμη · Rhōmē

Roma, Rome

Roma, Rome, first mentioned in Gr. literature by Arist. Fr. 610; deified in Inscrr., θεὰ Ῥώμη IG 3.63, CIG 2696 (Mylasa), SIG 893 (Olympia, iii A.D.), etc.

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