Ῥιπίζω

I blow up, I fan, I inflame

Translated by David Whitehead4 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology

4 words

[Used] with an accusative.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥιπίζω· αἰτιατικῇ.

Betacode

*(ripi/zw: ai)tiatikh=|.

Notes

See also rho 181 (and rho 182).

Linked from2 entries

ρ181Ῥιπίζεταιis being fanned, is being stirred up[Meaning he/she/it] is being roasted; for people used to stir up the fire with fans. Aristophanes [writes]: "the salt-fish is being fanned." Also [sc. attested is] e)kripisqe/ntes ["they having been fanned up"], meaning…
ρ182Ῥιπίςfan[Genitive] r(ipi/dos. Also [sc. attested is its diminutive] fanlet.

Neighbouring entries

ρ181Ῥιπίζεταιis being fanned, is being stirred up ρ182Ῥιπίςfan ρ183ῬιπίζωI blow up, I fan, I inflame ρ184Ῥιπόςon a wickerwork ρ185ῬίπτωI cast, I hurl, I throw

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Jan 2022

10 Jan 2022cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
28 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 Apr 2004augmented headword and note — David Whitehead
9 Apr 2004set status — Catharine Roth
4 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead