ἀπορίπτω

A. ‐ρρίψω Hes. Sc. 215: pf. ἀπέρριφα Plb. 1.40.15:—throw away, put away, μῆνιν, μηνιθμόν, Il. 9.517, 16.282; ἀπὸ κρόκεον ῥίψαις . . εἷμα Pi. P. 4.232; ἀπορριψοντι ἐοικώς like one about to cast [a net], Hes. Sc. 215; ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος spit, Thphr. Char. 19.4; vomit, τὴν τροφήν Asclep.Jun. ap. Gal. 13.162; cast up, of a river, τοὺς νεκροὺς τῶν ῥευμάτων Jul. Or. 2.60c.
II. cast forth from one's country, A. Ch. 914; ἀπωστὸς γῆς ἀπορριφθήσομαι S. Aj. 1019; ἀπερριμμένοι outcasts, D. 18.48, cf. D.H. 9.10; of things, reject, PBaden 19.12 (ii A.D.); τὰ φαῦλα καὶ ἀπερρ. τῶν ἐδεσμάτων Hdn. 4.12.2.
2. disown reject, Pi. O. 9.38, S. El. 1018.
3. throw aside, set at naught, ἡ ἡμετέρη εὐδαιμονίη οὕτω τοι ἀπέρριπται ἐς τὸ μηδέν Hdt. 1.32; Κύπρις δ’ ἄτιμος τᾠδ’ ἀ. λόγῳ A. Eu. 215; ὅταν . . τὰ χρηστὰ ἀπορρίπτηται D. 25.75.
III. of words, utter, esp. in disparagement, ἔς τινα Hdt. 1.153,4.142 (Pass.),8.92: generally, ἀ. ἔπος let fall a word, Id. 6.69; χαμαιπετὲς ἔπος ἀ. Pi. P. 6.37; λόγον ἀχρεῖον Ant.Lib. 11.3; μηδ’ ἀπορριφθῇ λόγος A. Supp. 484.
IV. intr., throw oneself down, leap off, Act.Ap. 27.43, Charito 3.5.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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