ῥόα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥοιά (rhoiá)
• ῥοιή (rhoiḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

The word can be compared with χροιά (khroiá, “skin”). It is perhaps related to ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”), because of the richness of the juice. However, a Pre-Greek origin remains a serious option for this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ó.a/ → /ˈro.a/ → /ˈro.a/

• (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

1. pomegranate tree (Punica granatum)

   Synonym: σίδη (sídē)

2. the fruit, pomegranate
3. knob shaped like a pomegranate

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥόᾰ; τῆς ῥόᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥόᾰ hē rhóa	τὼ ῥόᾱ tṑ rhóā	αἱ ῥόαι hai rhóai
Genitive	τῆς ῥόᾱς tês rhóās	τοῖν ῥόαιν toîn rhóain	τῶν ῥοῶν tôn rhoôn
Dative	τῇ ῥόᾳ têi rhóāi	τοῖν ῥόαιν toîn rhóain	ταῖς ῥόαις taîs rhóais
Accusative	τὴν ῥόᾰν tḕn rhóan	τὼ ῥόᾱ tṑ rhóā	τᾱ̀ς ῥόᾱς tā̀s rhóās
Vocative	ῥόᾰ rhóa	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

• “ῥόα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥόα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN