καρπίζω
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English (LSJ)
(A), (καρπός A)
A enjoy the fruits of, IG12(5).243 (Paros):— elsewh. always in Med., κ. γῆν Theopomp.Hist.217b; κλῆρον PFrankf.7.7 (iii B.C.), cf. Hyp.Fr.119, LXXJo.5.12, IG5(2).419.14 (Phigalea, iii B.C.), ib.7.413.28, al. (Oropus, i B.C.), etc.; Χρόνον Epicur.Ep.3p.61U.; but also, exhaust the soil, καρπίζεται τὴν γῆν μάλιστα πυρός Thphr.HP8.9.1, cf. CP4.8.1: metaph., δόξαν ἐσθλήν E.Hipp.432; κῦδος ἐκαρπίσατο Epigr.Gr.516.4 (Aegae), cf. Supp.Epigr.3.781 (Gortyn); exploit, BGU1571 (i A.D.); βέλτιον ἐμὲ (sc. τὴν σοφίαν) καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ Χρυσίον LXXPr.8.19. II make fruitful, fertilize, E.Ba.408 (lyr.), Hel.1328 (lyr.).
καρπ-ίζω (B), (
A κάρφος 11) enfranchise a slave by touching him with the rod, καρπίζομαι ἐπὶ ἐλευθερίᾳ, = Lat. adseror, Gloss.
