ῥίμφα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Hellenic *wrenkʷʰa, from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ-, whence Proto-Germanic *wringaną (to squeeze, wring) and Lithuanian rangus (flexible).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ῥίμφᾰ (rhímpha)

  1. fast, quickly

References

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Further reading

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  • ῥίμφα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ῥίμφα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ῥίμφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press