- ῥοῖζος
- ῥοῖζοςGrammatical information: m. (f. ι 315; cf. Schw.-Debrunner 34 n. 1).Meaning: `buzzing, rushing, humming', of arrows, wings, water etc. (ep. Π 361, hell.).Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in ἁλί-ρροιζος `roared around by the sea' (Nonn.).Derivatives: 1. adj. ῥοιζ-ώδης (medic.), -ήεις (hell. inscr., Nonn.), -αῖος (Orac. Chald.) `buzzing, rushing, humming etc.'; 2. adv. -ηδόν (Nic., Lyc., 2. Ep. Pet.), -ηδά (Nic.) `with rushing, with humming'; 3. verb ῥοιζέω, also w. ἐπι-, ἀνα- a.o., `to buzz, to hum, to hiss, to rush', also trans. `to make buzz etc.' (ep. Κ 502, hell.) with ῥοίζ-ημα n. (Ar.), -ησις f. (Aq.) `buzz, buzzing', -ήτωρ m. `noisemaker' (Orph.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Like ῥοῖβδος expressive onomatop.; without connection. Uncertain suppositions on the basic form in the lit. on ῥοῖβδος; s. also Risch $ 64 a.Page in Frisk: 2,662
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.