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|Definition=ῥῑπός, ἡ (later also ὁ, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>911b11</span>), [[plaited work]] of [[osier]]s or [[rush]]es, [[wickerwork]], [[mat]], <b class="b3">φράξε δέ μιν [σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι διαμπερὲς οἰσυΐνῃσι, κύματος εἶλαρ ἔμεν</b>, evidently as a kind of [[bulwark]] (cf. [[παράρρυμα]]), <span class="bibl">Od.5.256</span>; ῥιψὶ καταστεγάζειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.71</span>; πάρεξις ῥιπῶν <span class="title">SIG</span>57.32 (Milet., V B.C.): [[proverb|prov.]], θεοῦ θέλοντος κἂν ἐπὶ ῥιπὸς πλέοις = if God willed it, you could sail even on a straw mat <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Fr.</span>397</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 699</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>28</span>, Favorin. in <span class="title">PVat.</span>11.7.27; cf. [[ῥῖπος]].