ἐρέπτομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rép.to.mai̯/ → /eˈrep.to.mɛ/ → /eˈrep.to.me/

• (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)

1. to feed on, eat, bite off
2. 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