- ἐρέπτομαι
- ἐρέπτομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `devour, eat', of animals and men, prob. prop. `tear away, snatch away'.Other forms: only ptc. ἐρεπτόμενος (Hom., AP; ἐρέπτων Nonn.). With ἀν- aor. 3. pl. ἀν-ηρέψαντο (Hom.; codd. everywhere -ρειψ-; corr. Fick; thus also A. R. (beside -ρεψ-), Orph.), ptc. ἀναρεψαμένη (Hes. Th. 990, cod. Ven,). ἀνερεψάμενοι (AB 401, 27); ἀνερέψατο Pi. Pae. 6, 136 `snatch away'.Compounds: ἀν-Origin: IE [Indo-European] [865] *h₁rep-? `catch, snatch away'Etymology: The Jot present ἐρέπτομαι resembles Lith. ap-rė́pti `take, catch' (which requires *(H)reh₁p-) and in Alb. rjep `tear of, away, rob'; cf. with a-vowel Lat. rapiō, -ĕre `tear, snatch'. Further cognates Pok. 865, W.-Hofmann s. rapiō. One has also compared ἁρπάζω. See Szemerényi, Syncope 203-5, Beekes, Devel. 35-7.Page in Frisk: 1,552-553
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