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ῥυμός

rumos · ὁ

pole of a chariot

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ῥῡμός · rhymos — LSJ

pole of a chariot, car, pole, pole

pole of a chariot or car, Il. 10.505, 23.393, 24.271, Hdt. 4.69; ἐν πρώτῳ ῥ. at the front end of the pole, Il. 6.40, 16.371; ἀρτήματα ῥρυμοῖς pole-chains, IG 1(2).314.40, cf. 313.21, 22, 28, 2(2).1672.307.

b three stars, pole

three stars in the Bear, the pole of the Wain, Suid.

2 log, block

log or block of wood for fuel, SIG 975.1, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), IG 11 (2).154 A 18 (ibid., iii B.C.); ξύλα καὶ κληματίδες καὶ ῥυμοὶ τὰ ἱερεῖα ἑψῆσαι ib. 203 A 51 (ibid., iii B.C.); ῥυμὸς εἰς βωμόν ib. 144 A 32 (ibid., iv B.C.); ῥυμοὶ εἰς τοὺς χορούς Inscr.Délos 442 A 186, cf. 189 (ii B.C.).

II trace

trace, Ael. NA 10.48.

III trail

trail of a shooting star, Arat. 927.

IV shelf, row

perh. shelf or row, πρῶτος ῥ., δεύτερος ῥ., etc., IG 2(2).1388.16,19, al., Michel 832.63 (Samos, iv B.C.), etc.; αἱ . . ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ῥ. φιάλαι Inscr.Délos 442 B 21 (ii B.C.); ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου ῥ. τοῦ ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ φιάλη ἡ περιγενομένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥ. τοῦ παραδοθέντος τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ib. 25.

V weight

a weight at Rhodes, Suid.

VI

= τάξις, ἢ ἐμμέλεια, Hsch. (sed leg. ῥυθμός).

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Where it came from

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