ῥιπή

See also: Ῥίπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥίπτω (rhíptō, “to throw, cast, hurl”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥iː.pɛ̌ː/ → /riˈpi/ → /riˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥iː.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /riˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /riˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /riˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /riˈpi/

Noun

ῥῑπή • (rhīpḗ) f (genitive ῥῑπῆς); first declension

1. swing or force with which anything is thrown
2. (of wind) sweep, rush
3. flapping or buzzing of wings
4. quivering, twinkling light
5. (in general) any rapid movement

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῥῑπή; τῆς ῥῑπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῑπή hē rhīpḗ	τὼ ῥῑπᾱ́ tṑ rhīpā́	αἱ ῥῑπαί hai rhīpaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥῑπῆς tês rhīpês	τοῖν ῥῑπαῖν toîn rhīpaîn	τῶν ῥῑπῶν tôn rhīpôn
Dative	τῇ ῥῑπῇ têi rhīpêi	τοῖν ῥῑπαῖν toîn rhīpaîn	ταῖς ῥῑπαῖς taîs rhīpaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥῑπήν tḕn rhīpḗn	τὼ ῥῑπᾱ́ tṑ rhīpā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥῑπᾱ́ς tā̀s rhīpā́s
Vocative	ῥῑπή rhīpḗ	ῥῑπᾱ́ rhīpā́	ῥῑπαί rhīpaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal 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