ῥιπή
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ῥίπτω) poet. Noun,
A swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ' αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ . . τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, Il.16.589; λᾶος ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς 12.462, Od.8.192; πέτριναι ῥ. E. Hel.1123 (lyr.); βελέων ῥ. Pi.N.1.68; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς . . Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, Il.15.171, 19.358, cf. B.5.46; κυμάτων ῥιπαὶ ἀνέμων τε Pi.P.4.195, cf. Parth.2.20, Fr.88.2; ῥ. ἀνέμων Id.P.9.48, S.Ant.137 (lyr., here metaph. of gusts of passion, cf. 930); ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, A.Pr.1089 (anap.), cf. A.R.1.1016; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, Il.21.12; ἀνδρός 8.355; ἀθανάτων Hes.Th.681, 849; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, Opp.H.3.21, Q.S.14.77; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, Opp.H.4.141; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the North, the land of darkness and storms, S.OC1248 (lyr., but Sch. understands Ῥιπᾶν, v. Ῥῖπαι). 2 πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, A.Pr.126 (anap.), cf. E.Fr.594.4; buzz of a gnat's wing, A.Ag.893; of the lyre's quivering notes, Pi.P.1.10. 3 quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων S.El.106 (anap.). b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν E.IT885 (lyr.); ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, Opp.H.2.535; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν A.R.2.935; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, 1 Ep.Cor. 15.52. 4 a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου Pi.Fr.166.
