ἀνερείπομαι
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English (LSJ)
Ep. Dep., used by Hom. only in 3pl. aor.,
A snatch up and carry off, ἀνηρείψαντο, of the gods, 11.20.234, cf. Pi.Pae.6.136, A.R.2.503; of the Harpies, Od.1.241, etc.; of storms, 4.727; so παῖδα . . Ἀφροδίτη ὦρτ' ἀνερειψαμένη Hes.Th.990; τὴν Ἀργὼ οὐρανὸς ἀνηρείψατο Them.Or.27.333a:—later, take upon oneself, πόνον Orph.A.290. (The true spelling is prob. ἀνηρεψ-, which has Ms. authority in Hes.l.c. and A.R.1.214; cf. ἀ[νᾱ]ρέψατο Pi.Pae.l.c., and ἀνερεψάμενοι, Hsch.: v. ἅρπυια.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] in die Höhe reißen, durch die Lüfte hinwegführen, Hom. nur ἀνηρείψαντο, von den ἅρπυιαι gesagt Od. 1, 241. 14, 371. 20, 77; θύελλαι 4, 727; θεοί Il. 20, 234; Sp. Ep., z. B. Ap. Rh. 1, 214; part. 2, 503.
