ἐρέπτομαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[devour]], [[eat]], of animals and men, prob. prop. <b class="b2">tear away, snatch away</b>.<br />Other forms: only ptc. <b class="b3">ἐρεπτόμενος</b> (Hom., AP; <b class="b3">ἐρέπτων</b> Nonn.). With <b class="b3">ἀν-</b> aor. 3. pl. <b class="b3">ἀν-ηρέψαντο</b> (Hom.; codd. everywhere <b class="b3">-ρειψ-</b>; corr. Fick; thus also A. R. (beside <b class="b3">-ρεψ-</b>), Orph.), ptc. <b class="b3">ἀναρεψαμένη</b> (Hes. Th. 990, cod. Ven,). <b class="b3">ἀνερεψάμενοι</b> (AB 401, 27); <b class="b3">ἀνερέψατο</b> Pi. Pae. 6, 136 <b class="b2">snatch away</b>.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἀν-</b><br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [865] <b class="b2">*h₁rep-</b>? <b class="b2">catch, snatch away</b><br />Etymology: The Jot present <b class="b3">ἐρέπτομαι</b> resembles Lith. <b class="b2">ap-rė́pti</b> [[take]], [[catch]] (which requires <b class="b2">*(H)reh₁p-</b>) and in Alb. [[rjep]] <b class="b2">tear of, away, rob</b>; cf. with <b class="b2">a-</b>vowel Lat. [[rapiō]], <b class="b2">-ere</b> [[tear]], [[snatch]]. Further cognates Pok. 865, W.-Hofmann s. [[rapiō]]. One has also compared <b class="b3">ἁρπάζω</b>. See Szemerényi, Syncope 203-5, Beekes, Devel. 35-7.