ῥῖψις
εως, ἡ
A.
throwing, hurling, τοξικὴ καὶ πᾶσα ῥ. Pl. Lg. 813e, cf. Arist. Ph. 243a20, 257a3, Str. 6.1.1.
2.
pl., glances, ῥίψεις ὀμμάτων Plu. Sull. 35; but ῥῖψις ὄμματος drooping of eyelid, read by Gal.(17 (1).895) for ἔρριψις in Hp. Epid. 6.1.5.
II.
being thrown or hurled, Ἡφαίστου ῥίψεις ὑπὸ πατρός Pl. R. 378d; ῥ. καὶ πτῶσις οὐρανίων σωμάτων Plu. Lys. 12; throwing oneself, ῥίψεις ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Id. 2.166a.