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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cover, give a roof</b> (Pi., Ar.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἐρέπτω</b> (Pi., B., Cratin.), aor. <b class="b3">ἐρέψαι</b> (Il.), fut. <b class="b3">ἐρέψω</b> (A., E.),<br />Compounds: somet. with prefix <b class="b3">ἀμφ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-</b>, - As 2. member e. g. in <b class="b3">ὑψ-όροφος</b> <b class="b2">with high roof</b> (Hom.); also <b class="b3">ὑψ-ερεφής</b>, <b class="b3">-ηρεφής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hom.), <b class="b3">κατ-ηρεφής</b> <b class="b2">with a roof, vaulted</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">πετρ-ηρεφής</b> <b class="b2">vaulted with rocks</b> (A., E.) a. o.; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 475, Strömberg Prefix Studies 140.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἔρεψις</b> [[roofing]] (Thphr.) with <b class="b3">ἐρέψιμος</b> (Pl.; vgl. Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 49); with ablaut <b class="b3">ὄροφος</b> m. [[cover]], [[roof]] (Orac. ap. Hdt. 7, 140, A.), also <b class="b2">thatsch for a roof</b> (Ω 451), <b class="b3">ὀροφή</b> f. [[roof]], esp. <b class="b2">cover of a room</b> (Ion.-Att., Od.) with <b class="b3">ὀροφίας</b> name of a snake (Ar. V. 206), = <b class="b3">ὄφις τῶν κατ</b>' <b class="b3">οἰκίαν</b> H.; cf. Georgakas <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 126; <b class="b3">ὀρόφινος</b> <b class="b2">covered with thatch</b> (Aen. Tact.), <b class="b3">ὀροφ-ιαῖος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιος</b>, <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to ὀροφή (ὄροφος)</b> (Att., hell.); denomin. verb <b class="b3">ὀροφόω</b> [[roof]] (hell.) with <b class="b3">ὀρόφωμα</b>, <b class="b3">ὀρόφωσις</b>.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [853] <b class="b2">*h₁rebh-</b> [[cover]], [[roof]]<br />Etymology: The only agreements are the 2. member in OHG <b class="b2">hirni-reba</b> [[skull]] (prop. "brain-cover"), and the Germanic word for [[rib]] (as "roof of the breast"?) OHG [[rippa]], [[rippi]], OE [[ribb]], OWNo. [[rif]] n., IE <b class="b2">*h₁rebh-i̯o-</b>, and also Russ. etc. <b class="b2">rebró</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> - Schrader KZ 30, 469f.; see Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v. - Diff. Machek Listy filol. 68, 94ff. - The <b class="b3">ὀ- ὀροφ-</b> must be due to assimilation in <b class="b3">*ἐροφ-</b>.

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