ῥῑπ-ή, ἡ, ( ῥίπτω ) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ’ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ . . τέτυκται as far as is the flight of 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 sweep or rush of 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. of gusts of passion, cf. 930 ); ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, A. Pr. 1089 (anap.), cf. A.R. 1.1016; ῥ. πυρός rush of 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 ( ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the North, the land of darkness and storms, S. OC 1248 (lyr., but Sch. understands Ῥιπᾶν, v. Ῥῖπαι ).
2. πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, A. Pr. 126 (anap.), cf. E. Fr. 594.4; buzz of a gnat’s wing, A. Ag. 893; of the lyre’s quivering notes, Pi. P. 1.10 .
3. quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων S. El. 106 (anap.). of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν E. IT 885 (lyr.); ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, Opp. H. 2.535; of a bird’s wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν A.R. 2.935; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, [1Co 15:52] .
4. a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου Pi. Fr. 166 .
G4493 — ῤιπῇ
ῥιπης, ἡ (ῤίπτω), used by the Greek poets from Homer down; a throw, stroke, beat: ὀφθαλμοῦ (Vulg.ictus oculi (A. V. the twinkling of an eye)), a moment of time, [1Co 15:52] (L marginal reading ῤοπή, which see).
* ῥιπή , ῆς , ἡ
( < ῥίπτω ),
poët. in cl ., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ . ὀφθαλμοῦ , the twinkling of an eye: [1Co 15:52] ( L , mg ., ῥοπή , q.v. ). †
ῥοπή , - ῆς , ἡ
( < ῥέπω , to incline),
[in LXX : [Isa 40:15] (H7834), etc.;]
inclination downwards, as the turn of the scale: L , mg ., for ῥιπή , q.v. , [1Co 15:52] ( v. Tdf., in l ). †