ῥᾶ

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See also: ῥα, ῥά, ΡΑ΄, and ρα΄

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Hellenic *wrāha or *wrāja. Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation 1

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥âː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ra/

Adverb

ῥᾶ • (rhâ)

Alternative form of ῥεῖα (rheîa)

Further reading

“ῥᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pronunciation 2

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥âː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ra/

Noun

ῥᾶ • (rhâ) n (indeclinable)

rhubarb

Further reading

“ῥᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ῥᾶ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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