ῥίψ

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ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her

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Full diacritics: ῥίψ Medium diacritics: ῥίψ Low diacritics: ριψ Capitals: ΡΙΨ
Transliteration A: rhíps Transliteration B: rhips Transliteration C: rips Beta Code: r(i/y

English (LSJ)

ῥῑπός, ἡ (later also ὁ, Arist.Pr.911b11),

   A plaited work of osiers or rushes, wicker-work, mat, φράξε δέ μιν [σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι διαμπερὲς οἰσυΐνῃσι, κύματος εἶλαρ ἔμεν, evidently as a kind of bulwark (cf. παράρρυμα), Od.5.256; ῥιψὶ καταστεγάζειν Hdt.4.71; πάρεξις ῥιπῶν SIG57.32 (Milet., V B.C.): prov., θεοῦ θέλοντος κἂν ἐπὶ ῥιπὸς πλέοις E. Fr.397, cf. Ar.Pax 699, Luc.Herm.28, Favorin. in PVat.11.7.27; cf. ῥῖπος.