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|Definition=<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>150</span>: fut. <b class="b3">δρύψω</b> (κατα-) v.l.in <span class="title">AP</span>5.42 (Rufin.): aor. <b class="b3">ἔδρυψα</b>, Ep. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δρύψα <span class="bibl">Il.16.324</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>243</span> (<b class="b3">κατα-</b>, tm.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 655</span> (lyr.): aor. δρυψάμενος <span class="bibl">Od.2.153</span>:—Pass., <span class="title">AP</span>7.2 (Antip. Sid.): plpf. δέδρυπτο <span class="bibl">Q.S.14.391</span>:—[[tear]], [[strip]], βραχίονα δουρὸς ἀκωκὴ δρύψ' ἀπὸ μυώνων Il. l. c.:—Med., <b class="b3">δρυψαμένω δ' ὀνύχεσσι παρειὰς ἀμφί τε δειράς</b> <b class="b2">tearing each other's</b> cheeks and necks all round, Od. l. c.: mostly in sign of mourning, δρύπτεν κάρα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>150</span> (lyr.); ἑκάτερθε παρειάς <span class="bibl">A.R.3.672</span>; also <b class="b3">δρύπτεσθαι παρειάν</b> <b class="b2">to tear one's</b> cheek, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hec.</span>655</span>; without <b class="b3">παρειάν</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., τὴν δὲ χοῖρον αὐονὴ δρύπτει <span class="bibl">Herod.8.2</span>.—Poet., X. and later Prose, as <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>3.38</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[scratch]], esp. as sign of mourning (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">δρύψαι</b>, opt. <b class="b3">ἀπο-δρύφοι Ψ</b> 187 = Ω 21 (present?; <b class="b3">δρυφόμενοι φθειρόμενοι</b> H.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀμφι-δρυφής</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμφί-δρυφος</b> <b class="b2">on both sides (cheeks) scratched</b> (Il.) (Schwyzer 513); <b class="b3">δρυπίς</b> f. name of a thorn-bush (Thphr.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 76. Only lexical <b class="b3">δρυφή ἀμυχή</b>, <b class="b3">καταξυσμή</b>, <b class="b3">δρυφάδες ὄνυχες</b>, <b class="b3">καταξύσματα</b>. <b class="b3">λῦπαι</b>, <b class="b3">ὀδύναι</b>. <b class="b3">η τὰ ἀπὸ πληγῶν πελιώματα</b>, <b class="b3">δρύφη ξέσματα</b> H. <b class="b3">δρυφάξαι θακεῖν</b> H. With -s: <b class="b3">δρύψαλα</b> )leaves, <b class="b3">δρύψελα πέταλα δρυώδη</b> H., <b class="b3">δρύψια</b> [[shavings]]; <b class="b3">δρυψόπαιδα την λαμυράν οἱ δε ἁπαλόπαιδα η ἐλεεινόν</b> H.; <b class="b3">δρυψογέροντας τοὺς ἀτόπους πρεσβύτας καὶ οἱονεὶ ἀτίμους</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Expressive form connected with [[δέρω]], [[δρέπω]] (s. vv.). But hardly after [[θρύπτω]] (s. v.). The variants <b class="b3">δρυφ- δρυψ-</b> and <b class="b3">δρυμ-άσσω</b> (q.v.) clearly point to a Pre-Greek word (it is therefor <b class="b3">ε</b> improbable that it is a derivative of IE <b class="b3">δέρω</b>); Fur. 326, 348 etc. (Therefore not Iranian with Schwarz, Henning Memorial Volume, 1970, 386.