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ῥοώδης

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with a strong stream, running violently

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What it meant — LSJ

with a strong stream, running violently, in which there are strong currents, exposed to such seas, of rapid currents

with a strong stream, running violently, of a sea in which there are strong currents, Th. 4.24, Arist. Mete. 366a25; τὸ μάλιστα ῥ. τοῦ πελάγους Ael. NA 7.24: hence, of rocks, promontories, etc., exposed to such seas, κρημνός Str. 8.5.1; ἄκραι Ael. NA 14.24; τόποι ῥ. regions of rapid currents, Arist. HA 621a16, cf. Thphr. CP 3.3.4.

II running, affected with diarrhoea, other fluxes

Medic., running, ὀφθαλμίαι Hp. Epid. 1.5: of persons, affected with diarrhoea or other fluxes, Id. Aër. 3; αἱ ὑπέρλευκοι -έστεραι Id. Mul. 2.111; ῥ. νόσος ibid. (but metaph. in Ph. 1.698, cf. 2.428); πυρετοὶ ῥ. Dsc. 5.26; πυρετὸς ῥ. Gal. 19.399. Adv., ῥοωδῶς πυρέσσειν Cass. Pr. 70.

b

as Methodic t.t., ῥ. νόσημα, opp. στεγνόν, Gal. Sect.Intr. 6; πάθος Sor. 1.29, 2.45.

III falling off

falling off, καρπός Thphr. CP 5.9.10.

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