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ῥίπτω

ῥίπτω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥῑπτέω (rhīptéō)

Verb

ῥῑ́πτω (rhī́ptō)

  1. (transitive) To throw, cast, hurl
  2. (transitive) To throw or toss around
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Nature of the Woman 1.2
  3. (transitive) To throw out of a place
  4. (transitive) To cast or throw off or away (arms, clothes, and so on)
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To hurl (words); to waste them
  6. (transitive) To throw down

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