See also: ρέω

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ρέω (réo)

References

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  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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