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ῥίπτω

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What it meant

1. ῥίπτω · rhiptō — Chantraine

ῥίπτω : Od. 7,328, Pi., ion.-att., etc., avec le doublet rare et secondaire ῥιπτέω (Od. 13,78, ἀνερρίπτουν, mais cf. Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,62, Ar., etc.); impf. itér. ῥίπτασκον (Hom.), fait sur le radical de ῥιπτάζω, cf. Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,329, et -soxov (Nic.) ; fut. ῥίψω, aor. inf. ῥῖψαι ; aor. pass. avec un τ bref secondaire διφθῆναι et ῥιφῆναι (att.) d’où les futurs ῥιφθήσομαι (S.), ῥιφήσομαι (LXX, etc.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. ῥίπτω, p. 995]

2. ῥίπτω · rhiptō — Frisk

ῥίπτω (Pi., ion. att.), auch ῥιπτέω (ion. att. seit ν 78), Iterativprät. ῥίπτασκον (Hom., Hes. Sc., -&0xov Nik. Fr.), Fut. ῥίψω, Aor. diya: (seit Il.), Pass. ῥιφϑῆναι, ῥῇφρῆναι (att.) mit Fut. dıpϑήσομαι (8.), -ἤσομαι (LXX u.a.), Perf. Med. ἔρρῖμμαι (Orac. ap. Hdt., E., Ar. u.a.), deoipda: (Pi.; Schwyzer 649), Akt. ἔρρῖφα (Lys. usw.), oft m. Präfix, z.B. ἅπο-, ἀνα-, ἐπι-, δια-, “werfen, schleudern, stoßen, stürzen’. … — [Frisk, s.v. ῥίπτω, p. 1630]

3. ῥίπτ-ω · rhipt-ō — LSJ

throw, cast, hurl, throw, prostrate, lying, have been deposited, cast, have been made, threw, at, throw

throw, cast, hurl, σόλον, σφαῖραν Il. 23.842, Od. 6.115; χερσί Pi. P. 3.57; ῥ. ἀπὸ βηλοῦ Il. 1.591, etc.; ἤ μιν ἑλὼν ῥίψω ἐς Τάρταρον 8.13, cf. A. Pr. 1051 (anap.); ἐς τὸ δυστυχές Id. Ch. 913; ἐς φλόγα S. Tr. 695; ποτὶ νέφεα Od. 11.592; χθονὶ ῥ. ἑαυτόν throw on the ground, S. Tr. 790, cf. E. IA 39 (anap.); ἐς ὕδωρ ψυχρόν Th. 2.49: abs., ἐρριμμένος prostrate, ἐρριμμένους καὶ μεθύοντας Plb. 5.48.2; ἔτι τῶν νεκρῶν . . ἐρριμμένων ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς lying, Plu. Galb. 28; κλῶνας ἔχουσα ἐπὶ γῆς ἐρριμμένους

II toss, about, throw about, winnow

like ῥιπτάζω, ῥ. ἑωυτήν toss oneself about, as in a fever, Hp. Mul. 1.2; ἐπὶ λαιὰ καὶ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ σαυτόν AP 5.118 (Crin.): generally, throw about, πλοκάμους E. IA 758, cf. Ba. 150 (both lyr.); winnow, Gal. 6.541.

III cast out

cast out of house or land, S. OT 719, Ph. 265, etc.; μὴ ῥιφθῶ κυσὶν πρόβλητος Id. Aj. 830.

IV throw off, away, threw

throw off or away, of arms, E. El. 820; of clothes, Pl. R. 474a, Lys. 3.12; so ἔρριψε Πάγασος δεσπόταν threw him, Pi. I. 7(6).44; esp. ῥ. ἀσπίδα (cf. ῥίψασπις), Lys. 10.9, etc.; βιβλίον PUniv.Giss. 20.12 (ii A.D.).

V cast, forth, hurl, throw, away, waste, set at naught

ῥ. λόγους cast them forth, hurl them, A. Pr. 314, E. Alc. 680; τὸ προειρημένον ἀναποδείκτως ἐρρίφθαι Phld. Rh. 1.57 S.; also, throw them away, waste them, A. Ag. 1068, cf. E. Med. 1404 (anap., Pass.); λόγοι μάτην ῥιφέντες Id. Hec. 335; so οἴχεται . . ταῦτʼ ἐρριμμένα set at naught, S. Aj. 1271.

VI make a bold throw, run a risk

ῥ. ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κλήρους, as in a scramble, Pl. R. 617e; ῥ. πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς AP 5.24 ([Phld.]): hence ῥ. κίνδυνον make a bold throw, run a risk, E. Fr. 402.7.

VII throw, cast, down, fling oneself

ῥ. ἑαυτόν throw or cast oneself down, X. Cyr. 3.1.25: abs., fling oneself, ἐς πόντον Thgn. 176; ἐς ἅλμην E. Cyc. 166; τάφρον ἐς κοίλην Id. Alc. 897 (anap.); ῥ. ἐν πένθει κατὰ δρία Id. Hel. 1325 (lyr.), cf. Men. 312, Vett.Val. 126.22; cf. βάλλω A. III.

VIII

dub. l. in Orph. Fr. 264.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥίπτω (scan pp. 995-996; entry #6984).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥίπτω (scan p. 1630; entry #4982). Root candidates: *hin-.

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