Dictionary entry

G04496

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ῥίπτω

I. "to throw, cast, hurl", Hom., etc.; ῥ. χθονί "to throw" on the ground, Soph.:— "to cast" a net, Pass., ἔρριπται ὁ βόλος the cast "has been made", Orac. ap. Hdt.:— "to throw or toss about", πλοκάμους Eur.

II. "to cast out" of house or land, Soph.:— Pass., μὴ ῥιφθῶ κυσίν id=Soph.

III. "to throw off or away", of arms, clothes, Eur., etc.

IV. ῥ. λόγους "to cast" them "forth, hurl" them, Aesch., Eur.:—but also, "to throw" them away, "waste" them, Aesch., Eur.: Pass., οἴχεται ταῦτ᾽ ἐρριμμένα Soph.

V. "to cast" lots or dice, Eur., Plat.

VI. ῥ. ἑαυτόν "to throw or cast oneself down", Xen.;—then absol. "to fling oneself", ἐς πόντον Theogn.; ἐς τάφρον Eur.