δαρδάπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. subj. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δαρδάψῃ <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.628</span>; inf. [[δαρδάψαι]], Hsch.: pf. [[δεδάρδαφα]], Id.:—[[devour]], of wild beasts, <span class="bibl">Il.11.479</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>17</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κτήματα, χρήματα δαρδάπτουσιν</b>, they [[devour]] one's [[patrimony]], <span class="bibl">Od.14.92</span>, <span class="bibl">16.315</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>711</span>; δ. με πόθος Εὐριπίδου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>66</span>: in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>14</span>. (Perh. dissim. from <b class="b3">*δαρ-δ</b>ṛπτω, cf. [[δρέπω]].) </span>