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” AP5.121 (Diod.):—Pass., τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται the fish is fanned to boiling-point, Ar.Ec.842.
2. fan a person, in Med., fan oneself, Hp.VM16:—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.).