ῥιπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[swing]] or [[force with which anything is thrown]], <b class="b3">ὅσση δ' αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ . . τέτυκται</b> as far as is the [[flight]] of a javelin, <span class="bibl">Il.16.589</span>; λᾶος ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς <span class="bibl">12.462</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.192</span>; <b class="b3">πέτριναι ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>1123</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">βελέων ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.68</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς . . Βορέαο</b> [[the sweep]] or [[rush]] of the N. wind, <span class="bibl">Il.15.171</span>, <span class="bibl">19.358</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.5.46</span>; κυμάτων ῥιπαὶ ἀνέμων τε <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Parth.</span>2.20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>88.2</span>; ῥ. ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>9.48</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>137</span> (lyr., here metaph. of [[gusts]] of passion, cf. <span class="bibl">930</span>); <b class="b3">ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον</b> [[storm]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1089</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1016</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. πυρός</b> [[rush]] of fire, <span class="bibl">Il.21.12</span>; ἀνδρός <span class="bibl">8.355</span>; ἀθανάτων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>681</span>, <span class="bibl">849</span>; <b class="b3">κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης</b>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.14.77</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης</b>, of love, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.141</span>; <b class="b3">νυχιᾶν</b> (<b class="b3">ἐννυχιᾶν</b> Lachm.) <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν</b> from the night [[storms]], i.e. from the <span class="title">North</span>, the land of darkness and storms, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1248</span> (lyr., but Sch. understands <b class="b3">Ῥιπᾶν</b>, v. [[Ῥῖπαι]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πτερύγων ῥιπαί</b> [[flapping]] of wings, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>126</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>594.4</span>; [[buzz]] of a gnat's wing, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>893</span>; of the lyre's [[quivering notes]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[quivering]], [[twinkling light]], ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>106</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of any [[rapid movement]], ῥ. ποδῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>885</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ</b>, of a dolphin, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.535</span>; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν <span class="bibl">A.R.2.935</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ</b> the [[twinkling]] of an eye, <span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span> <span class="bibl">15.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[a strong smell]], ῥ. οἴνου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>166</span>.</span>