strike, dash, overthrow
like ἀράσσω, strike, dash, τινὰ εἰς τὸν βόρβορον D. l.c.; overthrow, τινας LXX Is. l.c.
2 beat the ground, dance, beat, violently
in Ion. form ῥήσσω, of dancers, beat the ground, dance, ῥήσσοντες ἁμαρτῇ μολπῇ τʼ ἰυγμῷ τε ποσὶ σκαίροντες ἕποντο Il. 18.571; οἱ δὲ ῥήσσοντες ἕποντο h.Ap. 516; for which A.R. 1.539 has in full, ὥστε . . πέδον ῥήσσωσι πόδεσσι:—so also αἴρῃσιν ὅτε ῥήσσοιτο σίδηρος Euph. 51.9; ῥήσσειν τύμπανα beat them violently, AP 7.709 (Alexander). [ῥάσσω (ῥάττω) prob. has ᾱ by nature, as shown by Ion. ῥήσσω: cf. ἀράσσω:—the Ion. form is found also in the κοινή, as LXX Wi. 4.19, Ev.Marc. 9.18, Ev.Luc. 9.42, Arr.