- ἀλαπάζω
- ἀλαπάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `drain, plunder, destroy' (Hom.),Other forms: aor. ἀλάπαξα, fut. ἀλαπάξω. Aesch. twice (Th. 47, 531) future λαπάξειν (Ag. 130 doubtful); pres. λαπάσσω is used as a medical term, `empty'.Derivatives: ἀλαπαδνός with analogical -δ- (Schwyzer 489) `exhausted, feeble', mostly with negation (Hom.); A. Eu. 562 prob. has λαπαδνόν (cod. λέπ-) = ἀλαπαδνόν. λαπάζειν ἐκκενοῦν... H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Connection with Skt. álpa- `small', Lith. alpstù `faint' is difficult. The prothetic vowel points to a substr. word. Fur. 371 compare λαπαρός (as ἀκιδνός : ἀκιρός); semant. not evident. The structure of the word is hardly IE. The original meaning seems to have been `empty'; cf. the compounds with ἐξ-. - One compares λάπαθος, λαπάρη (hardly correct).Page in Frisk: 1,64
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.