3fall, 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.