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ἀναρρίπτω

anarripto

throw up

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναρρίπτω (also ἀναρριπτέω Od. 13.78, Hdt. 7.50, Th. 4.95, etc.), A. throw up, ἀ. ἅλα πηδῷ, i. e. row with might and main, Od. 7.328; without πηδῷ, οἱ δʼ ἅλα πάντες ἀνέρριψαν 10.130; of a boar tossing a dog, X. Cyn. 10.9; ἀ. τὴν κόνιν, of the bison, Arist. HA 630b5; ἀ. ὑπὲρ τὴν κεφαλήν Plu. Aem. 20. II. ἀ. κίνδυνον, metaph. from dicing, stand the hazard of a thing, run a risk, Hdt. 7.50, Th. 4.85, 95; τὸν περὶ ὀστράκου κίνδυνον Plu. Nic. 11; τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡγεμονίας καὶ τοῦ σώματος κίνδυνον Id. Dem. 20; διὰ μιᾶς μάχης τὸν περὶ τῆς πατρίδος κύβον ἀ. Id. Brut. 40: with κίνδυνον omitted, ἐς ἅπαν τὸ ὑπάρχον ἀναρρίπτειν throw for oneʼs all, stake oneʼs all, Th. 5.103; ἀ. μάχην risk a battle, Plu. Caes. 40, etc.; also πρὸς ἕνα κίνδυνον τὸ πᾶν ἀ. Id. Arat. 5:— Pass., ἀνερρίφθω κύβος jacta sit alea, Men. 65, cf. Ar. Fr. 673, Plu. Caes. 32. III. set in motion, stir up, στάσιν D.H. 10.17 codd. (prob. -ερρίπιζον).
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