Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeic word. In other Indo-European languages we find Albanian lap (to slurp), Proto-Slavic *lopati (to eat greedily), Lithuanian lapènti (to absorb greedily), Old English lapian (to lap).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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λᾰ́πτω (láptō)

  1. to lap with the tongue
  2. to drink greedily, gulp down
    Synonym: κᾰ́πτω (káptō)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • λάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • λάπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λάπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • λάπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 834