- ῥόα
- ῥόα (ῥοά Hdn. Gr.)Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `pomegranate', tree and fruit (Od.).Other forms: ep. Ion. ῥοιή, Ar., Arist. etc. also ῥοιά.Derivatives: ῥοΐδιον n. `little pomegranate' (Men., pap. IIp), ῥοΐδια (cod. ῥυδία) ῥοὰ η ῥοιά H.; ῥοιάς, -άδος f. `poppy, papaver' (Dsc.); after the flowers, s. Strömberg Pfl.namen 52; ῥοών, -ῶνος m. `pomegranate plantation' (LXX).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: With ῥοιή : ῥοιά : ῥόα cf. χροιή: -οιά : -όα. If not a LW [loanword] (Schwyzer 348 a. 469), perh. with Strömberg l.c. to ῥέω because of the richness of saps. Basic form perh. *ῥοϜ-ιά, so ιᾱ-deriv. from ῥοῦς `stream'; cf. σκοπ-ιά (: σκοπός), ἐσχατ-ιά (: ἔσχατος) etc. The suffix can be related to the concrete meaning. -- On the plantnames ῥοῦς m. `sumach' and ῥύτρος s.v.; they do not belong το ῥέω (Strömberg l.c.). -- The word can be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,660
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