ῥυθµός , Ion. ῥυσµός (v. infr.
111, IV), ὁ: (ῥέω):—
A.any regular recurring motion (“πᾶς ῥ. ὡρισµένῃ µετρεῖται κινήσει” Arist.Pr.882b2):
I. measured motion, time, whether in sound or motion, Democr.15c;
= ἡ τῆς κινήσεωςτάξις, Pl.Lg.665a, cf. 672e;
“ὁ ῥ. ἐκ τοῦ ταχέος καὶ βραδέος, ἐκ διενηνεγµένωνπρότερον, ὕστερον δὲ ὁµολογησάντων γέγο
νε” Id.Smp.187b, cf. Suid. s.v.; rhythm,
opp. µέτρον and ἁρµονία, Ar. Nu.638 sq., Pl.R.397b, 398d, 601a, Arist.Rh.1403b31;
“λόγοι µετὰ µουσικῆς καὶ ῥυθµῶν πεποιηµένοι” Isoc.15.46; of Prose
rhythm, Arist.Rh.1408b29, D.H.Comp.17: defined by Aristox.Rhyth.1, Aristid.Quint.1.13.
2. special phrases: ἐν ῥυθµῷ in time, of dancing, marching, etc., “βαίνειν ἐν ῥ.” Pl.Lg.670b,
cf. X.An.5.4.14; “ὀρχεῖσθαι” Id.Cyr.1.3.10; ἐν τῷ ῥ. ἀναπνεῖνrespire regularly, Arist.Pr.882b1;
so “σωζόµενος ῥ.” A.Ch.797 (lyr.);
“µετὰῥυθµοῦ βαίνοντες” Th.5.70; ῥυθµὸν χορείας ὑπάγειν keep time, Ar.Th.956(lyr.); θάττον
α ῥυθµὸν ἐπάγειν play in quicker time, X.Smp.2.22; “πυρριχίῳδρόµῳ καὶ ῥυθµῷ” Hdn.4.2.9,
cf. Plb.4.20.6: pl., paces, Alcid.Soph. 17.
II. measure, proportion or symmetry of parts, at rest as well as in
motion, κατὰ τὸναὐτὸν ῥ. Pl.Lg.728e.
III. generally, proportion, arrangement, order, “ῥυθµῷ τινι” E.Cyc.398 (codd., but θ᾽ἑνὶ is
prob.); οὐκ ἀπὸ ῥυσµοῦ εἰκάζω not without reason, Call. Epigr.44.5.
IV. state or condition of anything, temper, disposition, Thgn.964 (coupled
with ὀργήand τρόπος）“; οἷος ῥυσµὸς ἀνθρώπους ἔχει” Archil.66.7;
“ὅσοι χθονίους ἔχουσιῥυσµοὺς καὶ χαλεπούς” Anacr. 74; µένει .
. χρῆµ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐν ταὐτῷ ῥ. Eup.356.
V. form, shape of a thing, Democr.5i; identified
by Arist. with σχῆµα, Metaph.985b16, 1042b14; µετέβαλον τὸν ῥ. τῶν γραµµάτων changed
the form or shape of the letters, Hdt.5.58; of Chian boots, Hp.Art.62; of the shape of a
cup, Alex.59; of a breastplate, X.Mem.3.10.10; [τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου] LXX 4 Ki.16.10;
“Αὐτονόας ῥ. ωὑτός” Theoc.26.23; so of the natural features of a
country, D.P.271,620; structure of a substance, κεγχροειδὲς τῷ ῥ., τῷ ῥ. σπογγῶδες, Dsc.5.77,118.
VI. manner, fashion of a thing, “Ἕλλην ῥ. πέπλων” E.Heracl.130; τίνι ῥ. φόνου; by what kind of
slaughter? Id.El.772, cf. Supp.94; ἐν τριγώνοις ῥυθµοῖς triangular-wise, A.Fr.78. [υ^ by
nature, A.Ch.797 (lyr.), E.Supp.94, etc.; υ_ by position in Thgn.964, etc.]
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and
augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of.
Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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References (26 total)
• Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (26):
o Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 797
o Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 956
o Euripides, Cyclops, 398
o Euripides, Electra, 772
o Euripides, Heraclidae, 130
o Euripides, Suppliants, 94
o Herodotus, Histories, 5.58
o Isocrates, Antidosis, 46
o Old Testament, 2 Kings, 16.10
o Plato, Laws, 665a
o Plato, Laws, 672e
o Plato, Laws, 728e
o Plato, Laws, 670b
o Plato, Republic, 397b
o Plato, Republic, 398d
o Plato, Republic, 601a
o Plato, Symposium, 187b
o Thucydides, Histories, 5.70
o Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.4.14
o Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.3.10
o Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.10.10
o Xenophon, Symposium, 2.22
o Polybius, Histories, 4.20.6
o Aristophanes, Clouds, 638
o Hippocrates, De articulis, 62
o Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 17
