δράσσομαι
ὡς χαρίεν ἄνθρωπος, ὅταν ἄνθρωπος ᾖ → how graceful is man when he is really a man | what a fine thing a human is, when truly human
English (LSJ)
Att. δράττομαι, Hdt.3.13; impf.
A ἐδραττόμην Ar.Ra. 545: fut. δράξομαι APl.4.275.10 (Posidipp.), LXXNu.5.26: aor. ἐδραξάμην Pl.Ly.209e, etc.: pf. δέδραγμαι, 2 pers. δέδραξαι E.Tr.750, part. δεδραγμένος Il.13.393:—the Act., δράσσω only in Poll.3.155, EM285.43, prob. in PLond.3.1170v113 (iii A. D.), cf. δράξαι· κρατῆσαι, Hsch.: (cf. δράξ, δράγμα, δραχμή):—grasp with the hand, c. gen. rei, κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης clutching handfuls of gory dust, Il. l. c.: metaph., ἐλπίδος δεδραγμένος S.Ant.235 (vv. ll. πεπρ-, πεφρ-), cf. Plb.36.15.7; δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν taking a handful of salt, Pl. l. c., etc. 2 lay hold of, τί μου δέδραξαι χερσί; E.Tr.750; δραξάμενος φάρυγος having seized [them] by the throat, Theoc.24.28, cf. 25.145, POxy.1298.10 (iv A. D.): metaph., δράξασθαι καιροῦ D.S.12.67; μείζονος οἴκου (i.e. by marriage), Call.Epigr.1.14; μεγάλης ἀπήνης AP 11.238 (Demod.); τᾶς κραδίας Theoc.30.9; [ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα sounds the mouth has to grip, i.e. make, dub. in Phld.Po. 2.41. II c. acc., take by handfuls, ταύτας [τὰς μνέας] δ. Hdt.3.13; also, catch, τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν 1 Ep.Cor.3.20.
