δρέψαι

δρέπω

V A: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

δρέπω

V A: aor inf act

δρέψαῑ, δρέπω

V A: aor opt act 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to pluck, cut off' (Od.).

Other forms: ( δρέπτω Mosch.), aor. δρέψαι (also δραπών Pi., δρόπωσιν [subj.] Alc.)

Compounds: Compp. with ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-. In comp., e. g. δρεπανη-φόρος `sickle-carrying' (X.) with - η- for - ο- favoured by the rhthm, cf. Schwyzer 438f.

Derivatives: δρεπάνη (Il.), δρέπανον (Od.) `sickle' ( δράπανον Epigr.) with δρεπανηΐς `id.' (Nic.; Chantraine 346), δρεπάνιον (Seleuk. ap. Ath.); δρεπανίς `(the bird) Alpine swift' (Arist., because of the form of the wings, Thompson Birds s. v.; H. also δραπανίδες εἶδος ὀρνέου), δρεπανώδης `sickle-shaped' (Agath.). - δρέμμα κλέμμα ("about stealing fruit?", v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 35, unless for κλῆμα), οἱ δε κλάσμα H. - δρεπτεῖς H., δρεπεῖς EM = τρυγηταί, `who gathers ripe fruits' s. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 81. Beside δρέπω with ω δρῶπαξ m. `pitch-plaster', with δρωπακίζω `apply a depilatory, tear out one's hairs' with δρωπακισμός, - ιστής, - ίστρια (medic.). Also δρώπτης πλανήτης, πτωχός H.?

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [211] * drep- `pluck'

Etymology: The form δρωπ- is found in Slavic, in a word for `scratch, tear', e. g. Russ. drápa-ju, -ti (sec. drjáp-), Pol. drapać, Skr. drâpām, drápati etc.; zero grade ( δραπών etc.) in Bulg. dъ́rpam, Skr. dr̂pām, dŕpati. From IE * drōp- also Latv. druõpstala `schnitzel, crumb'. Very uncertain is relation with OWNo. trǫf n. pl. `fringes' etc. (IE * drop-) and Gallorom. drappus `cloth, linen' etc. - δρέπω can be derived from δέρω as * dr-ep-; compare τρέπω, κλέπτω (s. vv.). A parallel of δρεπάνη is Arm. artevan, -anac` `eyebrow' (after the form); REArm. 17 (1983) 21f. - From Greek Alb. drapën `sickle'. - See δρῶπαξ s.v.

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