ῥῖψις

hripsis

throwing, hurling

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 2
Open Physics ›
Book VII 1
Chapter 1 241b34–243a31

243a20
Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 256a4–258b9

257a3
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 34 858a23–858b3

858a27
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 341b1–342a33

342a21

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥῖψις, εως, ἡ, A. throwing, hurling, τοξικὴ καὶ πᾶσα ῥ. Pl. Lg. 813e, cf. Arist. Ph. 243a20, 257a3, Str. 6.1.1. 2. pl., glances, ῥίψεις ὀμμάτων Plu. Sull. 35; but ῥῖψις ὄμματος drooping of eyelid, read by Gal. (17 (1).895) for ἔρριψις in Hp. Epid. 6.1.5. II. being thrown or hurled, Ἡφαίστου ῥίψεις ὑπὸ πατρός Pl. R. 378d; ῥ. καὶ πτῶσις οὐρανίων σωμάτων Plu. Lys. 12; throwing oneself, ῥίψεις ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Id. 2.166a.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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