ῥῆσις

ῥῆσις, εως, Ion. ιος, Arc. ϝρῆσις (IG 5(2).343.19, Orchom., iv B.C.), ἡ, (ἐρῶ)

• saying, speech, μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος Od. 21.291; ῥ. ἀγγελῶν Pi. N. 1.59; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end oneʼs speech, Hdt. 8.83; ῥ. βραχεῖα S. Fr. 64; ξυνεχής Th. 5.85; μακρὰν ῥ. οὐ στέργει πόλις A. Supp. 273; εἰπεῖν ῥ. οὐ θρῆνον θέλω Id. Ag. 1322; ῥ. λέγειν ἀμφί τινος Id. Supp. 615, cf. S. Fr. 142.20; περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥ. παμμήκεις ποιεῖν Pl. Phdr. 268c; μακρὰν ῥ. ἀποτείνειν Id. R. 605d, Luc. Prom. 6; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, Hdt. 4.127 (a phrase that became proverbial, cf. Plu. Prov. 1.62; prob. interpol. in Hdt.).
• • • 2 resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. Hdt. 1.152, cf. Crates Com. 56, IG l.c.
    • 3 speaking, opp. reading (ἀνάγνωσις), D.H. Isoc. 2 (Wolf, for χρήσεως).
  • II tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. Pi. O. 7.55.
  • III expression or passage in an author, esp. speech in a play, Ar. Nu. 1371, V. 580, Ra. 151, Men. Epit. 585: pl. in Ephipp. 16.3, D. 18.267; ῥ. τινὲς τῶν Ἀριστοφανείων Plu. QConv. 2.712d; esp. of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, Phot.
  • IV manner of speaking, style, ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ. prose, Longin. Proll.Heph. 1.3.

ῥῆσις, ἡ, das Sagen, Sprechen, Reden, das Wort, die Rede ; μύθου καὶ ῥήσιος, Od. 21.291 ; παλίγγλωσσον ῥῆσιν θέσαν, Pind. N. 1.59 ; ἀνθρώπων παλαιαί, Ol. 7.55, Sage, Erzählung ; vgl. Her. 1.152 ; μακράν γε μὲν δὴ ῥῆσιν οὐ στέργει πόλις, Aesch. Suppl. 270, vgl. 610, Ag. 1295, βραχεῖα, Soph. frg. 62, μακρά, καλλίστη, Ar. Ach. 391, Vesp. 580 ; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν, die Rede endigen, Her. 8.83 ; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις, das von den Skythen entnommene Wort, 4.127 ; ξυνεχής, Thuc. 5.85 ; ῥῆσιν μακρὰν ἀποτείνειν, Plat. Rep. X.605d, wie ῥήσεις παμμήκεις ποιεῖν, Phaedr. 268c, auch ῥήσεις λέγειν, Legg. VII.811a. – Die Stelle eines Schriftstellers, Ἀριστοφάνειαι, Plut. Symp. 7.8.4. – Auch die Redensart, Gramm.

ῥῆσις

ἡ

[ῥη-, εἴρω2.]

Discourse, talk : ἀκούεις μύθων ἡμετέρων καὶ ῥήσιος Od. 21.291.

ῥῆσις

• 1report φαντὶ δʼ ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥήσεις O. 7.55 παλίγγλωσσον δέ οἱ ἀθάνατοι ἀγγέλων ῥῆσιν Θέσαν N. 1.59

ῥῆσις , ιος (root ϝερ, εἴρω 1): speaking, speech, Od. 21.291†.

ῥῆσις, εως, Ρέω, ἐρῶ

• • Ia saying, speaking, speech, Od., Hdt., etc.; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις the Scythian phrase, Hdt.
  • • 2a resolution, declaration, Hdt.
  • IIa tale, legend, Pind.
  • IIIa phrase or passage, a speech in a play, Ar.