ἐρέπτομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep-. Possible cognates include Latin rapiō, Lithuanian aprépti, and Albanian rjep.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rép.to.mai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈrep.to.mɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈrep.to.mɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈrep.to.me/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈrep.to.me/

Verb

ἐρέπτομαι • (eréptomai)

to feed on, eat, bite off
to pluck to eat (e.g. of the lotus plant in The Odyssey)

Usage notes

Only the present participle ἐρεπτόμενος (ereptómenos) is attested.

References

“ἐρέπτομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐρέπτομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἐρέπτομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐρέπτομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐρέπτομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

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