ῥίπτω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *wreyp-, *wriHp- and compared with Proto-West Germanic *wrīban (to rub, wipe);[1] however, Beekes notes a non-trivial semantic gap between the Hellenic and Germanic terms, as well as the Indo-European proto-form *wriHp- having a rather strange structure, and prefers to derive the Greek word from Pre-Greek. Possibly connected to ῥίψ (rhíps, mat, wickerwork).[2]

The present tense system includes a T progressive aspect marker.

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Verb

ῥῑ́πτω (rhī́ptō)

  1. (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl
  2. (transitive) to throw or toss around
  3. (transitive) to throw out of a place
  4. (transitive) to cast or throw off or away (arms, clothes, and so on)
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to hurl (words); to waste them
  6. (transitive) to throw down

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References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1159
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥίπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1287-8

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