A). ἔρρει Il. 17.86 , Telecl. 1.4 , but elsewhere in Hom. ἔρρεε or ῥέε: fut. ῥεύσομαι Thgn. 448 , E. Fr. 384 , Crates Com. 15.4 , Pherecr. 130.5 , Hp. Haem. 5 ; also ῥευσοῦμαι, Arist. Mete. 356a16 , 361a33 ; later ῥεύσω, AP 5.124 ( Bass.): aor. ἔρρευσα Ar. Eq. 526 (anap.), Hp. Loc.Hom. 11 , Int. 23 , Mosch. 3.33 , AP 5.32 ( Parmen.), Plb. 5.15.7 (ἀπ-), Paus. 5.7.4 , etc.:—but the Att. fut. and aor. are of pass. form, ῥῠήσομαι Isoc. 8.140 , cf. Hp. Nat.Hom. 5 ; ἐρρύην [ῠ] Th. 3.116 , X. Cyr. 8.3.30 , Pl. Ti. 84c , etc., as also in Hdt. 8.138 ; Dor. ἐξ-ερρύα, v. ἐκρέω ; 3 sg. subj. ἐ[γ]ρυᾷ GDI 3591a51 (Calymna); Ep. 3 sg. ῥύη Od. 3.455 : pf. ἐρρύηκα Hp. Loc.Hom. 10 , Pl. R. 485d , Isoc. 8.5 ; later ἔρρυκα, Gal. 5.398 .—A pres. Med. ῥέομαι occurs also in Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140 (v. infr.), Plu. Cor. 3 , Luc. Salt. 71 , Philostr. VS 1.25.9 , etc.; so ἐρρεῖτο E. Hel. 1602 , Philostr. VA 8.31 , etc.—This Verb does not contr. εη, εο, εω:—flow, run, stream, gush, Od. 19.204 , Il. 3.300 , 17.86 , etc.: with dat. of that which flows,[πηγὴ] ὕδατι ῥέει the fountain runs with water, 22.149 , cf. Od. 5.70 , IG 12.54.7 ; ῥέε δ’ αἵματι γαῖα Il. 8.65 , etc.; φάραγγες ὕδατι .. ῥέουσαι E. Tr. 449 (troch.); ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον ῥεῖ δ’ οἴνῳ Id. Ba. 142 (lyr.); οἴνῳ .. ἔρρει χαράδρα Telecl.l.c.(v. sub fin.); (also in Med., ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι (metri gr. for ῥεόμενοι, cf. μαχεούμενοι) Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140 ; φόνῳ ναῦς ἐρρεῖτο E. Hel. 1602 ); πόλιν χρυσῷ ῥέουσαν Id. Tr. 995 : so metaph., πολλῷ ῥ. ἐπαίνῳ Ar. Eq. 527 : rarely with acc. in the same sense (v. infr. 11.2 ): also with gen., ἀσφάλτου Str. 7.5.8 ; πολλοῦ ὕδατος Arr. An. 5.9.4 : sts. with nom., Ζεὺς χρυσὸς ῥυείς Isoc. 10.59 , cf. AP 5.32 ( Parmen.).

b). the post- Hom. expression for a full stream is μέγας ῥεῖ, ῥέουσι μεγάλοι Hdt. 2.25 ; μέγας ἐρρύη Id. 8.138 , cf. Th. 2.5 ; ῥ. οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ νῦν Hdt. 7.129 ; also πολὺς ῥεῖ, metaph. of men, ῥεῖ πολὺς ὅδε λεώς A. Th. 80 (lyr.); Κύπρις ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ E. Hipp. 443 (cf. infr. 2 ); so ῥ. μου τὸ δάκρυον πολύ Ar. Lys. 1034 ; also ἐς ἔρωτα ἅπας ῥ. Ps.-Phoc. 193 ; πρὸς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁ δῆμος ὅλος ἐρρύη Plu. Alc. 21 .

c). of a river, also ῥ. ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος derive its stream from melted snow, Hdt. 2.22 .

d). prov., ἄνω ῥεῖν flow upwards, of inversion of the usual or right order, E. Supp. 520 ; ἄνω ποταμῶν ἐρρύησαν οἱ .. λόγοι D. 19.287 ; cf. ἄνω (B) 1 .

e). ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ’ οὖρον (v. οὖρος (A)) S. Tr. 468 .

2). metaph. of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands rained darts, Il. 12.159 ; ῥεῖ μάλιστα ὁ ἀὴρ ῥέων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς Arist. Mete. 347a34 , cf. 349a34 ; φλὸξ ῥυεῖσα Plu. Brut. 31 ; so τὴν Αἴτνην ῥυῆναι Ael. Fr. 2 ; esp. of a flow of words, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il. 1.249 , cf. Hes. Th. 39.97 ; ἔπε’ ἐκ στόματος ῥεῖ μείλιχα ib. 84 : abs., of the tongue, run glibly, A. Th. 557 ; so θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι καθ’ ὑμῶν D. 18.136 : hence, of words or sentiments, to be current, κληδόνος καλῆς μάτην ῥεούσης S. OC 259 .

3). fall, drop off, e.g. of hair, Od. 10.393 , Hes. Fr. 29 , Theoc. 2.89 , etc.; of ripe fruit, Plb. 12.4.14 , Gp. 9.12 ; of over-ripe corn, ἤδη ῥέοντα τὸν στάχυν Babr. 88.14 ; wear out, εἰ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτο Pl. Phd. 87d ; of a house, to be in a tumble-down condition, Gorg. ap. Stob. 4.51.28 , Teles p.27 H.; ῥέουσαν σύγκρισιν στῆσαι to stay a collapse of the system, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 5.27.1 .

4). of molten objects, liquefy, run, ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον S. Tr. 698 ; τήκεται ὁ λίθος .. ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖν Arist. Mete. 383b6 , cf. Thphr. Lap. 9 .

5). to be in perpetual flux and change, ἅπανθ’ ὁρῶ ἅμα τῇ τύχῃ ῥέοντα μεταπίπτοντά τε Com.Adesp. 200 ; ὡς ἰόντων ἁπάντων ἀεὶ καὶ ῥεόντων Pl. Cra. 439c , cf. 411c ; κινεῖται καὶ ῥεῖ .. τὰ πάντα Id. Tht. 182c : hence οἱ ῥέοντες, of the Heraclitean philosophers, opp. οἱ τοῦ ὅλου στασιῶται, ib. 181a .

b). 'run', of ink, etc., metaph., στιγμῆς ῥυείσης γραμμὴν φαντασιούμεθα .., γραμμῆς δὲ ῥυείσης πλάτος ἐποιήσαμεν S.E. M. 7.99 ; cf. ῥυίσκομαι 11 .

6). of persons, ῥ. ἐπί τι to be inclined, given to a thing, Isoc. 8.5 ; πρός τι Pl. R. 485d ; οἱ ταύτῃ ῥυέντες ib. 495b .

7). leak, of a ship, opp. στεγανὸν εἶναι, Arist. Fr. 554 , cf. Paus. 8.50.7 ; λύχνοι ῥέοντες prob.in Roussel Cultes Egyptiens p.222 (Delos, ii B.C.); of a roof, Men. Sam. 248 ;[ ἀγγεῖον] ῥέον Plu. 2.782e ; οἰνοχόαι ῥέουσαι Michel 815.131 (Delos, iv B.C.).

8). to have a flux, τὰς κοιλίας τὰς ῥεούσας D.S. 5.41 .

9). impers., ἐκ ῥινῶν ἐρρύη Hp. Epid. 1.19 .

II). very rarely trans., let flow, pour, ἔρρει χοάς E. Hec. 528 (as v.l. for αἴρει ):—this differs from the usage

2). c. acc. cogn., ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι, let the land run milk, honey, Theoc. 5.124 , 126 ; αἷμα ῥυήσεται, of the Nile, Ezek. Exag. 133 ; οἶνον ῥέων Luc. VH 1.7 , cf. LXX Jl. 3(4).18 , Sch. Ar. Pl. 287 :—in place of this acc. the best writers commonly used the dat., v. supr. 1.1 .

III). v. ῥέον . (Cf. ῥόvος, Skt. sravati, Lith. sravēti 'flow': I.- E. srěw- alternating with sr[ocaron]w- and sr[ucaron]-.)