ῥέεθρον

τό

[ῥέω.]

• • 1

    A stream : ποταμοὶ καὶ ῥέεθρα Od. 11.157.

  • 2

    In pl., the streams or waters (of a river) : καϋστρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα Il. 2.461. Cf. Il. 7.135, Il. 8.369, Il. 14.245, Il. 17.749, Il. 21.9, Il. 23.205, etc. : Od. 3.292, Od. 6.317, Od. 11.240.

  • 3

    In pl., the flow or course of a river : ἄψορρον κῦμα κατέσσυτο ῥέεθρα (i.e. in the proper channel) Il. 21.382.

• 1stream σόν τε, Κασταλία, παρὰ Ἀλφεοῦ τε ῥέεθρον O. 9.18 ἐπʼ Ἀλφεοῦ ῥεέθροισιν O. 13.36 ἐπʼ Ἀσώπου ῥεέθροις N. 9.9 ῥεέθροισί τε Δίρκας ἔφανεν καὶ παρʼ Εὐρώτᾳ πέλας (i. e. at Thebes and Sparta) I. 1.29 Κάστορος δʼ αἰχμὰ Πολυδεύκεός τʼ ἐπʼ Εὐρώτα ῥεέθροις (sc. γέρας ἔχει) I. 5.33