The corpus record

ῥώομαι

roomai

move with speed

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k

What it meant — LSJ

move with speed, violence, rush on, ran, dance, they ply, they moved, waved streaming

move with speed or violence, rush on, esp. of warriors, Il. 11.50, 16.166, cf. Hes. Sc. 230; τεύχεσιν ἐρρ. πυρὴν πέρι ran round it, Od. 24.69; Νυμφάων, αἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀχελώϊον ἐρρώσαντο dance, Il. 24.616 (cf. ἐπιρρώομαι I.2): c. acc. cogn., χορὸν ἐρρώσαντο they ply the dance, h.Ven. 261; ὑπὸ ῥώοντο ἄνακτι they moved supporting their lord, Il. 18.417; κνῆμαι ῥώοντο, γούνατα ἐρρώσαντο, ib. 411, Od. 23.3; also of horses’ manes, ἐρρώοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο waved streaming in the wind, Il. 23.367.

In the wild

ἐρρώοντο · errōonto Shield of Heracles 229–230
ῥώοντο · rhōonto Iliad 18.411
ῥώοντο · rhōonto Iliad 18.417
ῥώοντο · rhōonto Iliad 20.37
ἐρρώοντο · errōonto Iliad 23.367

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ῥώομαι (scan p. 1348; entry #5360).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥώομαι (scan p. 1640; entry #5019).

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