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ῥῖψις

ripsis · ἡ

throwing, hurling

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What it meant — LSJ

throwing, hurling

throwing, hurling, τοξικὴ καὶ πᾶσα ῥ. Pl. Lg. 813e, cf. Arist. Ph. 243a20, 257a3, Str. 6.1.1.

2 glances, drooping

pl., glances, ῥίψεις ὀμμάτων Plu. Sull. 35; but ῥῖψις ὄμματος drooping of eyelid, read by Gal. (17 (1).895) for ἔρριψις in Hp. Epid. 6.1.5.

II being thrown, hurled, throwing oneself

being thrown or hurled, Ἡφαίστου ῥίψεις ὑπὸ πατρός Pl. R. 378d; ῥ. καὶ πτῶσις οὐρανίων σωμάτων Plu. Lys. 12; throwing oneself, ῥίψεις ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Id. Superst. 2.166a.

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