ἐπιρράπτω
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
English (LSJ)
aor. 2
A ἐπέρρᾰφον Nonn.D.9.3, al.:—sew or stitch on, τι ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον Ev.Marc.2.21: metaph., δόλον δόλῳ Nonn.D.42.315. 2. sew up, in Pass., Gal. 18(2).579.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιρράπτω: ῥάπτω τι ἐπάνω εἴς τι, τι ἐπί τινι, οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπιρράπτει ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ Εὐαγγ. κ. Μάρκ. β΄, 21: ― ἀόριστός τις β΄ ἐπέρραφεν ἐν Νόνν. Δ. 9. 3, εἶναι πιθ. ἐφθαρμένος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
coudre à ou sur.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ῥάπτω.
English (Thayer)
(T Tr WH ἐπιράπτω, see Rho); (ῤάπτω to sew); to sew upon, sew to: ἐπί τίνι (R G; others τινα), Mark 2:21.
