ῥοή

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ῥέω (rhéō, to flow) +‎ (), possibly inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hrowā́, from Proto-Indo-European *srowéh₂, from the root *srew- (to flow, stream). Cognate with Lithuanian sravà, Latvian strava, and Sanskrit *स्रवा (*sravā́) in such compounds as गिरिस्रवा (girisravā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ῥοή (rhoḗf (genitive ἐκροῆς); first declension

  1. a river, a stream
    Synonym: ποταμός (potamós)
  2. (philosophy) a flux

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ροή (roḯ)

References

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634

Further reading

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