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ῥοιζέω

ῥοιζέω, to whistle

ῥοιζ-έω, Ion. and Ep. impf. ῥοίζεσκε Hes. Th. 835: aor. ἐρροίζησα Opp. (v. infr.), Ep. ῥοίζησα Il. 10.502:—Pass., v. infr.: (ῥοῖζος):—
  • whistle, Il. l.c.; of a snake, hiss, Hes. l.c., A.R. 4.129, etc.; ἑὸν νόμον ἐρροίζησε Opp. H. 1.563; of birds, rush or whirr through the air, Luc. Am. 22, cf. Arist. HA 535b27: in late Prose, shoot an arrow, LXX 4 Ki. 13.17 (cod. A); of a stream, ib. Ca. 4.15:—so in Pass., ἰῶν τηλόθεν ῥοιζουμένων Lyc. 1426, cf. 1325, Orac. in App.Anth. 6.140.10; τάχʼ ἂν ἐρροίζητο διʼ αἰθέρος AP 11.106 (Lucill.); of a stream, Orac.Chald. 109.

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