ῥῑπ-ή,ἡ, (ῥίπτω) poet. Noun,
A. swingorforce with which anything is thrown,ὅσση δ' αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ . . τέτυκταιas far as is theflightof 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 sweeporrushof 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. ofgustsof passion, cf. 930 );ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, A. Pr. 1089 (anap.), cf. A.R. 1.1016 ;ῥ. πυρός rushof 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(ἐννυχιᾶνLachm.)ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶνfrom the nightstorms, i.e. from theNorth, the land of darkness and storms, S. OC 1248 (lyr., but Sch. understandsῬιπᾶν, v. Ῥῖπαι ).