ῥέω

See also: ρέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥείω (rheíō)Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hréyyō, from Proto-Indo-European *sréwyeti, from *srew- (to flow, stream).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit स्रवति (srávati), Old Church Slavonic строуꙗ (struja, stream).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ῥέω • (rhéō)

  1. to flow, stream, run, gush
    1. (figuratively)
    2. to fall off, drop off
    3. (of molten objects) to liquefy, run
    4. to be in perpetual flux
    5. (of persons) to be inclined to, given to
    6. to leak
    7. to have a flux (diarrhea-causing disease)
    8. (impersonal)
  2. (transitive, rare) to let flow, pour
  3. (transitive, with cognate accusative) to let run

Inflection

This verb does not contract ε with η, ο, or ω.

Derived terms

  • ἀγάρροος (agárrhoos)
  • ἀγχίρροος (ankhírrhoos)
  • ἀείροος (aeíroos)
  • αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos)
  • ἀκᾰλάρροος (akălárrhoos)
  • ἀνᾰρρέω (anărrhéō)
  • ἀντῐρρέω (antĭrrhéō)
  • ἀπορρέω (aporrhéō)
  • ἀψόρροος (apsórrhoos)
  • βᾰθύρροος (băthúrrhoos)
  • δακρύρροος (dakrúrrhoos)
  • δῐᾰρρέω (dĭărrhéō)
  • δύσροος (dúsroos)
  • εἴσροος (eísroos)
  • ἐκρέω (ekréō)
  • ἑλῐκορροος (helĭkorrhoos)
  • ἐπῐρρέω (epĭrrhéō)
  • ἑπτάρροος (heptárrhoos)
  • εὔροος (eúroos)
  • ἐϋρρεής (eürrheḗs)
  • ἰχθῠόρροος (ikhthŭórrhoos)
  • καλλίρροος (kallírrhoos)
  • κᾰτᾰρρέω (kătărrhéō)
  • μᾰλίρροος (mălírrhoos)
  • μελίρροος (melírrhoos)
  • μετᾰρρέω (metărrhéō)
  • μυξόρροος (muxórrhoos)
  • πᾰρᾰρρέω (părărrhéō)
  • περιρρέω (perirrhéō)
  • πλᾰτύρροος (plătúrrhoos)
  • πνευμᾰτόρροος (pneumătórrhoos)
  • πολύρροος (polúrrhoos)
  • ῥευστᾰλέος (rheustăléos)
  • ῥῠηφενής (rhŭēphenḗs)
  • συρρέω (surrhéō)
  • τᾰχύρροος (tăkhúrrhoos)
  • ὑδρόρροος (hudrórrhoos)
  • ὑπερρέω (huperrhéō)
  • ὑπορρέω (huporrhéō)
  • χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos)
  • ὠκύροος (ōkúroos)

Descendants

  • Greek: ρέω (réo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1281-2

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