The corpus record

ῥοθ-έω

rotheo

make a rushing noise

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Where it lives

Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make a rushing noise, roaring

make a rushing noise: hence, of a roaring fire, ἐν ῥοθοῦντι κριβάνῳ A. Fr. 309.

2 noise, clamours they raised, there was a noise of

of any confused noise, ταῦτα . . ἐρρόθουν ἐμοί such clamours they raised against me, S. Ant. 290; λόγοι . . ἐρρόθουν κακοί there was a noise of angry words, ib. 259.

In the wild

ἐρρόθουν · errothoun Sophocles, Antigone 259–261
ἐρρόθουν · errothoun Sophocles, Antigone 289–292

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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