ἠπάομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[mend]], [[repair]] (rare word for the common <b class="b3">ἀκέομαι</b>), τὰ ῥαγέντα τῶν ἱματίων <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Thras.</span>25</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">UP</span>3.1</span>:—Med., aor. 1 inf. ἠπήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>172</span>; κόσκινον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>227</span>; ῥαγὲν ἱμάτιον <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Thras.</span> 5</span>: pf. part. Pass., ἱμάτια ἠπημένα Aristid.2.307 J., cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>51.326.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[mend]], [[repair]] (Hes. Fr. 172, Ar. Fr. 227, Gal., Aristid.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ἠπήσασθαι</b>, perf. ptc. pass. <b class="b3">ἠπημένος</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἠπητής</b> [[mender]], [[repairer]] (X. Kyr. 1, 6, 16 [worse v. l. <b class="b3">ἀκεσταί</b>], Batr., pap.; rejected by Atticists, cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 15 w. n. 2), f. <b class="b3">ἠπήτρια</b> (pap.); <b class="b3">ἤπητρα</b> pl. [[menders wages]] (pap.), <b class="b3">ἠπητήριον</b> [[menders instrument]], [[needle]] (Ael. Dion.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For the formation cf. <b class="b3">πηδάω</b> and other deverbatives with lengthened <b class="b2">ē-</b>vowel (Schwyzer 719); further unclear. Acc. to Prellwitz KZ 47, 302 a. n. to <b class="b3">ἤπιος</b>.