ἐρέπτομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[feed on]], c. acc., only in pres. part., mostly of granivorous animals, <b class="b3">λωτόν, κρῖ λευκόν, πυρὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.776</span>,<span class="bibl">5.196</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.553</span>, al.; of men, λωτὸν ἐ. <span class="bibl">9.97</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.618; [[βότρυν]] ib.7.20; of fish, <b class="b3">δημὸν ἐ</b>. [[feeding on]] the fat of a carcase, <span class="bibl">Il.21.204</span>.—Ep. Verb, used burlesquely by <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1295</span>, <b class="b3">ἐρεπτόμενον τὰ τῶν ἐχόντων</b>:—Act., ἐρέπτω [[eat]], <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>40.306</span>; also causal,=[[τρέφω]], Hsch.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[devour]], [[eat]], of animals and men, prob. prop. [[tear away]], [[snatch away]].<br />Other forms: only ptc. [[ἐρεπτόμενος]] (Hom., AP; [[ἐρέπτων]] 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. [[ἀναρεψαμένη]] (Hes. Th. 990, cod. Ven,). [[ἀνερεψάμενοι]] (AB 401, 27); [[ἀνερέψατο]] Pi. Pae. 6, 136 [[snatch away]].<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἀν-</b><br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [865] <b class="b2">*h₁rep-</b>? [[catch]], [[snatch away]]<br />Etymology: The Jot present [[ἐρέπτομαι]] resembles Lith. <b class="b2">ap-rė́pti</b> [[take]], [[catch]] (which requires <b class="b2">*(H)reh₁p-</b>) and in Alb. [[rjep]] [[tear of]], [[away]], [[rob]]; 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 [[ἁρπάζω]]. See Szemerényi, Syncope 203-5, Beekes, Devel. 35-7.