Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥίψ

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥίψ

Sense

  1. plaited work, wicker-work, a mat

Examples

  • [αἶσχοσ ἐμοὶ καὶ ὄνειδοσ ἐν οὐρανῷ ὅντε καὶ αὐτή] ῥῖψ’ ἀνὰ χερσὶν ἑλοῦσα καὶ ἔμβαλον εὐρέι πόντῳ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 17:4)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν Γρηγόριοσ, τὸ δὲ θαῦμα, χάριν καὶ πνεύματοσ αἴγλην ἔνθεν ἀειρόμενοσ ῥῖψ’ ἐπὶ παιδὶ φίλῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 201)
  • τὴν μὲν ἔπειθ’ ἡρ́ωσ μετ’ ἐϋκνήμιδασ Ἀχαιοὺσ ῥῖψ’ ἐπιδινήσασ, κόμισαν δ’ ἐρίηρεσ ἑταῖροι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 43:5)
  • τὸν μὲν Ταλθύβιοσ πολιῆσ ἁλὸσ ἐσ μέγα λαῖτμα ῥῖψ’ ἐπιδινήσασ βόσιν ἰχθύσιν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 20:2)

Synonyms

  1. plaited work

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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