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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥίπτω (rhíptō, “to throw, cast, hurl”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r̥iː.pɛ̌ː/ → /riˈpi/ → /riˈpi/
Noun
ῥῑπή • (rhīpḗ) f (genitive ῥῑπῆς); first declension
- swing or force with which anything is thrown
- (of wind) sweep, rush
- flapping or buzzing of wings
- quivering, twinkling light
- (in general) any rapid movement
Declension
Further reading
- “ῥιπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥιπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ῥιπή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥιπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ῥιπή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963