ῥαπίζω

hrapizo

strike with a stick, cudgel, thrash

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368a16

Chapter 9 369a10–370a33

370a14
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 419b4–421a6

419b23
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14

1222b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥαπίζω, (ῥαπίς) A. strike with a stick, cudgel, thrash, τινα Xenoph. 7.4, Hippon. 64 (Pass.), Hdt. 7.35,223, D. 25.57, LXX Jd. 16.25, Plb. 8.6.6, Phld. Ir.p.40 W.; τινὰ ῥάβδῳ Anacreont. 29.2:—Pass., ῥ. ἐκ τῶν ἀγώνων to be flogged off the course, Heraclit. 42, cf. Hdt. 8.59: Ion. pf. part., ῥεραπισμένα νῶτα Anacr. 166. II. slap in the face (later for Att. ἐπὶ κόρρης πατάξαι) , ἐπὶ κόρρης ῥ. (metaph.) Plu. 2.713c; κατὰ κόρρης Ach.Tat. 2.24; εἰς τὴν σιαγόνα Ev.Matt. 5.39:—Pass., ῥαπισθῆναί τε καὶ πληγὰς λαβεῖν ἁπαλαῖσι χερσίν Timocl. 22.5; ἐρραπίσθη τὴν γνάθον Hyp. Fr. 97, cf. AB 300; ῥαπίζειν distd. from κολαφίζειν, Ev.Matt. 26.67. III. generally, strike, beat, [τὸν ἀέρα] Arist. de An. 419b23:—Pass., Id. Mete. 368a16, 370a14, Epicur. Fr. 398.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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