ἴπτομαι
Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)
English (LSJ)
fut. ἴψομαι: aor. 1 ἰψάμην:—
A press hard, oppress, μέγα δ' ἴψαο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν Il.1.454, 16.237; τάχα δ' ἴψεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν 2.193: generally, hurt, harm, σὺ τόνδε μηρὸν ἴψω; Theoc.Adon.19, cf. Str. 8.6.7:—Act., ἴπτω, = βλάπτω, only in EM481.3; ἶψαι, ἴψας, Hsch. (Perh. related to ἰάπτω (B) or to ἶπος.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἴπτομαι: μέλλ. ἴψομαι: - ἀποθ., πιέζω ἰσχυρῶς, καταπιέζω, μέγα ἴψαο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν Ἰλ. Α. 454, Π. 237· τάχα ἴψεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν Β. 193· καθόλου, ἐπιφέρω βλάβην, βλάπτω, Θεόκρ. 30. 19, πρβλ. Στράβ. 370. - ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἀναφέρει τοὺς ἐνερ. τύπους, ἶψαι, ἴψας (Ἡ ῥίζα εἶναι ΙΠ, ἶπος, ἰπόω, κτλ.)
