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throw
v. trans.
P. and V. βάλλειν, ῥίπτειν, ἀφῑέναι, μεθῑέναι (rare P.), Ar. and V. ἱ̄έναι, V. δῐκεῖν (2nd aor.), ἰάπτειν.
Throw in wrestling:
Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰπᾰλαίειν (the passage in Eur. I.A. 1013, is doubtful), P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν.
Trip up:
P. ὑποσκελίζειν.
Throw
(a rider): P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰχαιτίζειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποσείεσθαι (Xen.), P. ἀναβάλλειν (Xen.).
Throw the javelin:
P. and V. ἀ̆κοντίζειν.
Throw about:
Ar. and P. διαρριπτεῖν (Xen.).
Throw around:
P. and V. περῐβάλλειν, Ar. and V. ἀμφῐτῐθέναι, V. ἀμφῐβάλλειν.
Throw aside:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποβάλλειν, ἐκβάλλειν, ἀ̆πορρίπτειν, μεθῑέναι, ἀ̆φῑέναι, V. ἐκρίπτειν.
Lose wilfully:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποβάλλειν, P. προΐεσθαι.
Reject:
P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν (or mid.), πᾰρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι; see reject.
Throw away:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποβάλλειν, ἀ̆πορρίπτειν ; see throw aside.
Throw back the head:
P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰκύπτειν (Eur. Cycl. 212, also Ar.).
His head is thrown back.
V. κάρα . . . ὑπτιάζεται (Soph.., Phil. 822).
Throw down:
P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν, V. κᾰταρρίπτειν.
Throw down one’s arms:
P. and V. ὅπλα. ἀ̆φῑέναι.
Throw down upon:
V. ἐγκᾰτασκήπτειν (τί τινι)., ἐπεμβάλλειν (τι).
Bring low:
P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν ; see also upset.
Be thrown from a chariot:
V. ἐκκῠλίνδεσθαι (gen.) (Soph. O. R. 812).
Throw in
or into: P. and V. εἰσβάλλειν, ἐμβάλλειν ; see also insert.
Throw fire into:
P. and V. πῦρ ἐνῑέναι εἰς (acc.).
Throw oneself into:
P. and V. εἰσπίπτειν (P. εἰς, V. dat. alone); see rush into.
Throw in one’s lot with:
P. συνίστασθαι (dat.), P. and V. ἵστασθαι μετά̆ (gen.).
Throw into
(a state of feeling): P. and V. κᾰθιστά̆ναι εἰς (acc.).
Throw into confusion:
P. and V. συγχεῖν, τᾰράσσειν, συντᾰράσσειν ; see confound.
Throw in one’s teeth:
P. and V. ὀνειδίζειν (τί τινι).
Throw off
(clothes): P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι.
Throw away:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποβάλλειν, ἐκβάλλειν.
Reject:
P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν (or mid.), πᾰρωθεῖν (or mid.); see reject.Met., throw off a feeling, etc.: P. and V. ἀ̆φῑέναι, μεθῑέναι.
Shake off,
met.: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποσείεσθαι (Plat, Gorg. 484a).
Throw off the yoke of:
use P. and V. ἀ̆φίστασθαι (gen.) (lit., revolt from), or use be rid of, see rid.
Throw on:
P. and V. ἐπῐβάλλειν (τί τινι).
Throw blame on:
P. αἰτίαν ἀνατιθέναι (dat.); see impute.
Throw oneself on
(another’s mercy, etc.): P. παρέχειν ἑαυτόν (lit., yield oneself up).
Throw out:
P. and V. ἐκβάλλειν, ἀ̆ποβάλλειν ; see cast out.
Be thrown out:
P. and V. ἐκπίπτειν, V. ἐκπίτνειν.
Reject:
P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν (or mid.), πᾰρωθεῖν (or mid.).
Throw out a proposal, vote against it:
Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποχειροτονεῖν.
Throw out
(words): P. and V. ἐκβάλλειν, V. ῥίπτειν, ἐκρίπτειν, ἀ̆πορρίπτειν.
Throw over, throw round:
P. and V. περῐβάλλειν, V ἀμφῐβάλλειν.
Met., betray: P. and V. προδῐδόναι.
Fling away:
P. προΐεσθαι; see resign.
Throw round:
P. and V. περῐβάλλειν, V. ἀμφῐβάλλειν, Ar. and V. ἀμφῐτῐθέναι.
As a defence:
P. προσπεριβάλλειν.
Throw up:
P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰδῐδόναι (Eur. Frag.), ἀ̆νῑέναι.
Cast ashore:
P. and V. ἐκφέρειν, V. ἐκβάλλειν ; see under ashore.
Cast up in one’s teeth:
P. and V. ὀνειδίζειν (τί τινι).
Throw up earth:
P. ἀναβάλλειν χοῦν (Thuc., 4, 90), P. and V. χοῦν.
They proceeded to throw up an embankment against the city:
P. χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν (Thuc. 2.75).
These are the defences I threw up to protest Attica:
P. ταῦτα προὐβαλόμην πρὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς (Dem. 325).
Met., throw up (a post, etc.): P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι (gen.), ἀ̆φίστασθαι (gen.); see resign.
Throw upon:
see throw on, throw down upon.
Throw oneself upon: attack.
throw
subs.
P. ῥῖψις, ἡ.
Range:
P. and V. βολή, ἡ.
Of the dice:
V. βολή, ἡ, βλῆμα, τό.
Day by day you make your throw adventuring war against the Argives:
V. ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ῥίπτεις κυβεύων τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἀρη (Eur. Rhes. 445).
I trust that it
(the people) will yet throw a different cast of the dice: V. ἔτʼ αὐτὸν ἄλλα βλήματʼ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν πέποιθα (Eur. Supp. 330).
Of a quoit:
V. δίσκημα, τό (Soph. Frag.).
In wrestling:
P. and V. πά̆λαισμα, τό.
If you be matched and receive a fatal throw:
V. εἰ παλαισθεὶς πτῶμα θανάσιμον πεσεῖ (Eur. El. 686).

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