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ῥιπή

ripe · ἡ

swing, force with which anything is thrown, flight

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Where it lives

  • Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
  • Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
  • Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
  • Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

swing, force with which anything is thrown, flight, the sweep, rush, gusts, storm, rush, storms, North

swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δʼ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ . . τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, Il. 16.589; λᾶος ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς 12.462, Od. 8.192; πέτριναι ῥ. E. Hel. 1123 (lyr.); βελέων ῥ. Pi. N. 1.68; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς . . Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, Il. 15.171, 19.358, cf. B. 5.46; κυμάτων ῥιπαὶ ἀνέμων τε Pi. P. 4.195, cf. Parth. 2.20, Fr. 88.2; ῥ. ἀνέμων Id. P. 9.48, S. Ant. 137 (lyr., here metaph. of gusts of passion, cf. 930); ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, A. Pr. 1

2 flapping, buzz, quivering notes

πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, A. Pr. 126 (anap.), cf. E. Fr. 594.4; buzz of a gnatʼs wing, A. Ag. 893; of the lyreʼs quivering notes, Pi. P. 1.10.

3 quivering, twinkling light

quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων S. El. 106 (anap.).

b rapid movement, twinkling

of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν E. IT 885 (lyr.); ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, Opp. H. 2.535; of a birdʼs wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν A.R. 2.935; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, 1 Ep.Cor. 15.52.

4 a strong smell

a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου Pi. Fr. 166.

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Where it came from

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