δράσσομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[δράττομαι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.13; impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐδραττόμην Ar.''Ra.'' 545: fut. δράξομαι ''APl.''4.275.10 (Posidipp.), [[LXX]] ''Nu.''5.26: aor. ἐδραξάμην Pl.''Ly.''209e, etc.: pf. [[δέδραγμαι]], 2 pers. δέδραξαι E.''Tr.''750, part. δεδραγμένος Il.13.393:—the Act., [[δράσσω]] only in Poll.3.155, ''EM''285.43, prob. in ''PLond.''3.1170v113 (iii A. D.), cf. δράξαι· κρατῆσαι, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: (cf. [[δράξ]], [[δράγμα]], [[δραχμή]]):—[[grasp]] with the [[hand]], c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης</b> [[clutch]]ing [[handful]]s of [[gory]] [[dust]], Il. l. c.: metaph., ἐλπίδος δεδραγμένος S.''Ant.''235 ([[variae lectiones|vv.ll.]] <b class="b3">πεπράσσομαι, πεφράσσομαι</b>), cf. Plb.36.15.7; <b class="b3">δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν</b> taking a [[handful]] of [[salt]], Pl. l. c., etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lay hold of]], τί μου δέδραξαι χερσί; E.''Tr.''750; <b class="b3">δραξάμενος φάρυγος</b> having [[seize]]d [them] by the [[throat]], Theoc.24.28, cf. 25.145, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1298.10 (iv A. D.): metaph., δράξασθαι καιροῦ [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]12.67; <b class="b3">μείζονος οἴκου</b> (i.e. by marriage), Call.''Epigr.''1.14; μεγάλης ἀπήνης ''AP'' 11.238 (Demod.); τᾶς κραδίας Theoc.30.9; [ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα sounds the mouth has to [[grip]], i.e. [[make]], dub. in Phld.''Po.'' 2.41.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[take by handfuls]], ταύτας [τὰς μνέας] δ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.13; also, [[catch]], τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν ''1 Ep.Cor.''3.20.