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ῥιπίς, a fan for raising the fire

ῥῑπ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, (ῥίψ)
  • fan for raising the fire, Ar. Ach. 669, 888; ῥ. δʼ ἐγείρει . . Ἡφαίστου κύνας, i.e. the slumbering flames, Eub. 75.7; πτερίνα ῥ. AP 6.306 (Aristo).
    • II ladyʼs fan, Stratt. 56, AP 6.290 (Diosc.), D.H. 7.9.
    • III = ῥίψ, Crates Com. 13.
    • IV ῥιπίρ (prob. Elean)· ῥιπίς, τὸ πλέγμα, ἢ ἐκ σχοίνου πέτασος. Ἀττικοὶ δὲ ῥιπίδα, ᾧ τὸ πῦρ καίουσι· καὶ τραπέζας οὕτω λέγουσι, Hsch.; Elean ῥιπίρ also in Inscr.Olymp. 718, perh. = δίσκος, quoit, unless it is a pr. n.
    • V ῥιπίς· τοῦ σκέλους τὸ ἀκροκώλιον, Hsch. [The acc. ῥιπῖδα occurs in AP 6.306 (Aristo); but ῥιπίδα, -ίδι in Ar., etc.]

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