δράσσομαι: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=Att. δράττομαι, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.13</span>; impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐδραττόμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 545</span>: fut. δράξομαι <span class="title">APl.</span>4.275.10 (Posidipp.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Nu.</span>5.26</span>: aor. ἐδραξάμην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>209e</span>, etc.: pf. <b class="b3">δέδραγμαι</b>, <span class="bibl">2</span> pers. δέδραξαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>750</span>, part. δεδραγμένος <span class="bibl">Il.13.393</span>:—the Act., <b class="b3">δράσσω</b> only in <span class="bibl">Poll.3.155</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>285.43</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1170v113</span> (iii A. D.), cf. <b class="b3">δράξαι· κρατῆσαι</b>, Hsch.: (cf. <b class="b3">δράξ, δράγμα, δραχμή</b>):—<b class="b2">grasp</b> with the hand, c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης</b> <b class="b2">clutching handfuls</b> of gory dust, Il. l. c.: metaph., ἐλπίδος δεδραγμένος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>235</span> (vv. ll. <b class="b3">πεπρ-, πεφρ-</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.36.15.7</span>; <b class="b3">δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν</b> <b class="b2">taking a handful</b> of salt, Pl. l. c., etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lay hold of</b>, τί μου δέδραξαι χερσί; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>750</span>; <b class="b3">δραξάμενος φάρυγος</b> <b class="b2">having seized</b> [them] by the throat, <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25.145</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1298.10</span> (iv A. D.): metaph., δράξασθαι καιροῦ <span class="bibl">D.S.12.67</span>; <b class="b3">μείζονος οἴκου</b> (i.e. by marriage), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>1.14</span>; μεγάλης ἀπήνης <span class="title">AP</span> 11.238 (Demod.); τᾶς κραδίας <span class="bibl">Theoc.30.9</span>; [<b class="b3">ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα</b> sounds the mouth has to <b class="b2">grip</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">make</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span> 2.41</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., <b class="b2">take by handfuls</b>, ταύτας [τὰς μνέας] δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.13</span>; also, <b class="b2">catch</b>, τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>3.20</span>.</span>

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