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ῥύμ-η

rume · ἡ

force, swing, rush

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What it meant — LSJ

force, swing, rush, a swing, rush, whirl, flow, vehemence

force, swing, rush of a body in motion, ῥύμῃ ἐμπίπτειν with a swing, Th. 2.76; πτερύγων ῥύμη rush of wings, Ar. Pax 86, cf. Av. 1182; τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν . . κύτος formed by the whirl of the potterʼs wheel, Antiph. 52.2, cf. Ar. Ec. 4; ἡ ῥ. τοῦ αἵματος the flow of blood in the veins, Hp. Medic. 6; ἡ ῥ. τῆς ἐκκρούσεως X. Cyn. 10.12; τῆς ῥ. τῆς ἁλιάδος ὁ ψόφος, of the noise made by a boat in motion, Arist. HA 533b19: metaph., εὐτυχεῖ ῥύμῃ θεοῦ E. Rh. 64; ἡ ῥ. τῆς τύχης Plu. Caes. 53; ἡ ῥ. τῆς ὀ

2 rush, charge

abs., rush, charge, of soldiers, Th. 2.81; of ships, Id. 7.70; τῶν ἵππων X. Cyr. 7.1.31, cf. Polyaen. 4.3.5, al., Ach.Tat. 1.12; ὑπὸ τοῦ ῥοίβδου καὶ τῆς ῥ. Ar. Nu. 407.

3

= ῥοπή, Chrysipp. ap. Sch.T Il. 22.212.

II street, lane, alley, slit, chink

street, Aen.Tact. 2.5, 3.4; τὴν ῥ. ὁδοιπορεῖν Philippid. 13, cf. LXX Is. 15.3, al.; of a Roman camp, Plb. 6.29.1; lane, alley, PCair.Zen. 764.142 (iii B.C.), PStrassb. 86.19 (ii B.C.), Act.Ap. 9.11; slit, chink, dub.l. in Hp. Cord. 2.

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