The corpus record

ῥίμφα

rimpha

lightly, swiftly

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Iliad 15 · 1.35/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k

What it meant — LSJ

lightly, swiftly

lightly, swiftly, ῥίμφα ἑ γοῦνα φέρει Il. 6.511, cf. Hes. Sc. 342; τοὶ δὲ πέτοντο ῥ. μάλʼ Il. 13.30; ῥ. μάλα τρωχῶσι 22.163; δεῖπνον ἕλοντο . . ῥ. 8.54; ῥ. τοξεύειν ὕμνους Pi. I. 2.3; βέβακεν ῥ. A. Ag. 407 (lyr.), cf. A.R. 1.387, 1194.

In the wild

ῥίμφα · rhimpha Aeschylus, Agamemnon 403–407
ῥίμφʼ · rhimphʼ Shield of Heracles 341–342
ῥίμφα · rhimpha Shield of Heracles 374–379
ῥίμφα · rhimpha Iliad 10.54
ῥίμφʼ · rhimphʼ Iliad 11.533
ῥίμφα · rhimpha Iliad 13.30

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ῥίμφα (scan pp. 1337-1338; entry #5316). Root candidates: *uriH-, *urei-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥίμφα (scan p. 994; entry #6977).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥίμφα (scan pp. 1628-1629; entry #4978).

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