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ῥῆσις (rhēsis) a saying ^G:N-F

ῥῆσις, εως,

Ionic dialect ιος, [Refs 4th c.AD+] ϝρῆσις [Refs 4th c.BC+], ἡ, (ἐρῶ) saying, speech, μύθων καὶ ῥήσιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καταπλέξαι τὴν ῥῆσιν end one's speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥ. the Scythian answer, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (a phrase that became proverbial,[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 resolution, declaration, Λακεδαιμονίων ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 speaking, opposed to reading (ἀνάγνωσις), [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II tale, legend, ἀνθρώπων παλαιαὶ ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III expression or passage in an author, especially speech in a play, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the dramatic parts of epic poetry, [Refs 9th c.AD+]
__IV manner of speaking, style, ἡ κατὰ πεζὸν ῥ. prose, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]