ῥόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This etymon has no convincing etymology. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) makes little sense. In view of the variation attested in ῥάθαγος (rháthagos, “rushing noise”) and ῥαθαπῡγίζω (rhathapūgízō, “to slap on the buttocks”), it must be assumed that this word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ó.tʰos/ → /ˈro.θos/ → /ˈro.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ó.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈro.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈro.θos/

Noun

ῥόθος • (rhóthos) m (genitive ῥόθου); second declension

1. rushing noise, roar of waves, dash of oars
2. any confused, inarticulated sound
3. any rushing motion
4. (in Boeotia) mountain path

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῥόθος; τοῦ ῥόθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥόθος ho rhóthos	τὼ ῥόθω tṑ rhóthō	οἱ ῥόθοι hoi rhóthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῥόθου toû rhóthou	τοῖν ῥόθοιν toîn rhóthoin	τῶν ῥόθων tôn rhóthōn
Dative	τῷ ῥόθῳ tôi rhóthōi	τοῖν ῥόθοιν toîn rhóthoin	τοῖς ῥόθοις toîs rhóthois
Accusative	τὸν ῥόθον tòn rhóthon	τὼ ῥόθω tṑ rhóthō	τοὺς ῥόθους toùs rhóthous
Vocative	ῥόθε rhóthe	ῥόθω rhóthō	ῥόθοι rhóthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἁλίρροθος (halírrhothos)
• ῥοθέω (rhothéō)
• ῥοθιάζω (rhothiázō)
• ῥοθιάς (rhothiás)
• ῥόθιον (rhóthion)
• ῥόθιος (rhóthios)
• ῥοθιότης (rhothiótēs)
• ταχύρροθος (takhúrrhothos)

 

Further reading

• “ῥόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥόθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN