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ἐκρῑπ-ίζω

ekripizo

fan the flame, light up

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What it meant

ἐκρῑπ-ίζω · ekrip-izō — LSJ

fan the flame, light up, stir up, rouse

fan the flame, light up, Arist. Mete. 346a9 : metaph., stir up, rouse, θυμόν Theopomp.Hist. 300, Com.Adesp. 504; τὸ μάχιμον Plu. Pomp. 8 :—Pass., τοῖς θυμοῖς Id. Pel. 15, cf. Lib. Or. 51.125; εἰς πόλεμον J. BJ 2.16.3.

II blow away

blow away, Aristid. Or. 26(14).99.

III fling away, cast out

metaph., fling away, cast out, τινὰ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σφενδόνης Ach.Tat. 5.9.

Where it came from

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