ῥέω
I. "to flow, run, stream, gush", Hom., etc.:—with dat. of that which flows, πηγὴ ῥέει ὕδατι the fountain "runs with" water, Il.; ῥέεν αἵματι γαῖα id=Il.; ῥεῖ γάλακτι πέδον Eur.; of a river, μέγας ῥεῖ "runs" with full stream, Hdt.; so, πολὺς ῥεῖ, metaph. of men, Aesch.; of a river, also, ῥ. ἀπὸ χιόνος "to derive its stream" from melted snow, Hdt.:—proverb., ἄνω ῥέειν "to flow" backwards, of impossibilities, Eur.
2. metaph. of things, ἐκ χειρῶν βέλεα ῥέον from their hands "rained" darts, Il.; of a "flow" of words, ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή id=Il.; absol., of the tongue, "to run glibly", Aesch. (cf. Hor., "salso multoque fluenti)": of words or sentiments, "to be current", Soph.
3. "to fall, drop off", e. g. of hair, Od., Theocr.: then, generally, "to flow or melt away, perish", Soph., Plat.
4. of persons, ῥ. ἐπί or εἴς τι "to be inclined, given" to a thing, Isocr., Plat.
II. very rarely trans. "to let flow, pour", ἔρρει χοάς Eur.
2. c. acc. cogn., ῥείτω γάλα, μέλι "let" the land "run" milk, honey, Theocr.; οἶνον ῥέων Luc.