- ἐρείπω
- ἐρείπωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `throw down, tear down, dash down, fall' (Il.).Other forms: Aor. ἐριπεῖν (Il., intr.), ἐρεῖψαι (Hdt., Pi.), ἐριπέντι ptz. dat. = ἐριπόντι (Pi. O. 2, 43), pass. ἐρειφθείς (S. Aj. 309), perf. ἐρήριπε (Ξ 55, intr.), plusquamp. ἐρέριπτο (Ξ 15); see Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 423 w. n. 3, 426 n. 3); ἐρήριμμαι, ἠρίφθην (Arr.); fut. ἐρείψω (S.),Compounds: with prefix ἐξ-, κατ- a. o.,Derivatives: ἐρείπια pl. `ruins' (Hdt., Arist.; on the formation Schwyzer 470, Chantraine Formation 55), adjectivised ἐρείπιος (οἰκία Ph.; ἐρείπιος γῆ ἡ χέρσος Suid.); ἔρειψις mean. unclear (Att. inscr.) with ἐρείψιμος `ruined' (E. IT 48), ἐρειψιπύλᾱς m. (B.), -τοιχος (A. Th. 883 [lyr.]) `casting down towers, resp. walls' (vgl. Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 82); with zero grade ἐρίπναι pl. `broken cliff, steep ascent' (E., A. R.; sg. Nic.); on the suffix cf. κρημνός, κραιπνός and Chantraine Formation 192.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [858] *h₁reip- `throw down'?Etymology: Beside full grade ἐρείπω we have ONo. rīfa `tear down' (trans.), also of buildings like ἐρείπω; with verbal noun Lat. rīpa `steep border, shore' (cf. ἐρίπναι and ἐρείπιος γῆ = χέρσος, i. e. `shore'); with lengthened labial ONo. rīp `upper side of a boat', EastFris. rip(e) `shore', NHG rīf `id.'; W.-Hofmann s. rīpa. - Through mechanical splitting of ἐρείπω and ἐρείκω in IE (h₁)rei-p-, (h₁)rei-k- one canreduce both verbs like many other words to an IE (h₁)rei- `scratch, tear' (Pok. 857ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,552
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.