recited Epic poems, a rhapsodist, applied to Homer, Plat. ; but rJaywdoiv commonly meant a class of persons who got their living by reciting the poems of Homer, Hdt ., Plat. ; v. rJayw/diva II .
II. Soph. calls the Sphinx rJayw/do;" kuvwn , because she proposed her riddle publicly, as the rhapsodists did their lays.
rJav/wn
rJav/wn , irreg. Comp. of rJav/dio" .
rJeva
rJeva± = rJei`a , easily, lightly, Il. [Sometimes used as one long syll. ]
JReva
JReva<Eth> , Ep. JReivh, hJ ; also \Revh , Rhea, daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of Cronus, mother of the gods, Hom. , etc.
rJevgkw, JRE vGKW
JRE vGKW , f. rJevgxw , to snore, Lat. sterto , Aesch ., Ar. ; of horses, to snort, Eur. (Formed from the sound.)
rJeveqron
rJeveqron , Ion. and poët. for rJei`qron .
rJevzw, JRE vZW
JRE vZW , impf. e[rezon , Ep. rJevzon , Ion. rJevzeskon : f. rJevxw : aor. I e[rrexa , poët. e[rexa , Dor. part. rJevxai" :— Pass. , aor. I part. rJecqeiv" :— to do, act, deal, Od.:— absol. , Hom. :— c. acc. rei, to do, accomplish, make, Id., etc. :— Pass. , mh`co" rJecqevnto" kakou` a remedy for mischief once done, Il.
2. c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, to do something to one, kako;n rJevzein tinav Hom .; ajgaqa; rJ. tinav Id.; also more rarely c. dat. pers., mhkevti moi kaka; rJevzete do me no more mischiefs, Od.; o{sa brotoi`" e[rexa" kakav Eur.
3.
with strengthd.
signf.
,
ei[ ti rJevxei
if it
shall avail
aught,
be of
any
service,
Il.
II.
in spec. sense,
to perform
sacrifices,
Hom.
,
Soph.
;
absol.
to do sacrifice,
Lat.
operari, facere
,
rJevzein qew`/
Hom
.:—sometimes with the victim in
acc.
,
rJevxw bou`n h\nin
will sacrifice
it, Id.
rJevqo"
rJevqo" , eo", tov , a limb, in pl. the limbs, body, Il.
II. in sing. the face, countenance, Soph ., Eur.
rJei`a
rJei`a , Ep. for rJeva , Adv. of rJav/dio" , easily, lightly, Hom .; qeoi; rJei`a zwvonte" the gods who live at ease, Lat. securum agentes aevom , Id.; strengthd. rJei`a mavlÆ Il.
rJei`qron
rJei`qron , tov , Att. contr. from Ion. rJeveqron , ( rJevw ) that which flows, a river, stream, mostly in pl. , potamoi`o rJeveqra Il.; Stugo;" u{dato" ai\pa rJ . Ib.; streams of blood, Aesch. :— sing. , Hdt. , Aesch.
II. the bed or channel of a river, Il., Hdt.
rJeivw
rJeivw , Ep. for rJevw .