ῥιπίζω

A. blow up or fan the flame, πολέμου ἔριν Cypr. Fr. 1; στάσιν ἀνεγείρει καὶ ῥιπίζει Ar. Ra. 360; ῥ. πῦρ Plu. Flam. 21; φλόγα AP 5.121 (Diod.):—Pass., τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται the fish is fanned to boiling-point, Ar. Ec. 842.

2. fan a person, in Med., fan oneself, Hp. VM 16:—Pass., ῥιπίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν περιστερῶν Antiph. 202.5; to be fanned or blown about, ὑπ’ ἀνέμου Com.Adesp. 1324, cf. Arist. Pr. 967a21; πρὸς ἀνέμων Ph. 2.511; κλύδων ἀνεμιζόμενος καὶ ῥιπιζόμενος Ep.Jac. 1.6; ῥιπιζομένη ἄχνη D.C. 70.4: metaph., ῥ. ταῖς ἐλπίσι Alciphr. 3.47.

3. hurl, Hld. 10.32, cf. 30 (Pass.).