ῥόα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῥοιά (rhoiá)
ῥοιή (rhoiḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Perhaps related to ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”), because of the richness of the juice, with hypothetical original form *ῥοϝ-ιά (*rhow-iá). However, a Pre-Greek origin remains a serious option for this word. Phonetically, the variation in the series ῥοιή : ῥοιά: ῥόα can be compared with that seen in χροιή : χροιά (khroiá, “skin”) : χρόα.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ó.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈro.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈro.a/

Noun

ῥόα • (rhóa) f (genitive ῥόᾱς); first declension

pomegranate tree (Punica granatum)
Synonym: σίδη (sídē)
the fruit, pomegranate
knob shaped like a pomegranate

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥόᾰ; τῆς ῥόᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥόᾰ hē rhóă	τὼ ῥόᾱ tṑ rhóā	αἱ ῥόαι hai rhóai
Genitive	τῆς ῥόᾱς tês rhóās	τοῖν ῥόαιν toîn rhóain	τῶν ῥοῶν tôn rhoôn
Dative	τῇ ῥόᾳ tēî rhóāi	τοῖν ῥόαιν toîn rhóain	ταῖς ῥόαις taîs rhóais
Accusative	τὴν ῥόᾰν tḕn rhóăn	τὼ ῥόᾱ tṑ rhóā	τᾱ̀ς ῥόᾱς tā̀s rhóās
Vocative	ῥόᾰ rhóă	ῥόᾱ rhóā	ῥόαι rhóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥοιάς (rhoiás)
ῥοιδάριον (rhoidárion)
ῥοΐδιον (rhoḯdion)
ῥόϊνος (rhóïnos)
ῥοώδης (rhoṓdēs)
ῥοών (rhoṓn)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥόα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1289