δέδραγμαι

δράσσομαι

grasp: perf ind mp 1st sg

δράσσομαι, [dialect] Att. [full] δράττομαι, Hdt.3.13; [tense] impf.

A

ἐδραττόμην Ar.Ra. 545

: [tense] fut.

δράξομαι APl.4.275.10

(Posidipp.), LXXNu.5.26: [tense] aor.

ἐδραξάμην Pl.Ly. 209e

, etc.: [tense] pf. δέδραγμαι, 2 pers.

δέδραξαι E.Tr. 750

, part.

δεδραγμένος Il.13.393

:—the [voice] Act., δράσσω only in Poll.3.155, EM285.43, prob. in PLond.3.1170v113 (iii A. D.), cf. δράξαι· κρατῆσαι, Hsch.: (cf. δράξ, δράγμα, δραχμή):— grasp with the hand, c. gen. rei, κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης clutching handfuls of gory dust, Il. l. c.: metaph.,

ἐλπίδος δεδραγμένος S.Ant. 235

(vv. ll. πεπρ-, πεφρ-), cf. Plb.36.15.7; δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν taking a handful of salt, Pl. l. c., etc.

2 lay hold of,

τί μου δέδραξαι χερσί; E.Tr. 750

; δραξάμενος φάρυγος having seized [them] by the throat, Theoc.24.28, cf. 25.145, POxy.1298.10 (iv A. D.): metaph.,

δράξασθαι καιροῦ D.S.12.67

; μείζονος οἴκου (i.e. by marriage), Call.Epigr.1.14;

μεγάλης ἀπήνης AP 11.238

(Demod.);

τᾶς κραδίας Theoc.30.9

; [ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα sounds the mouth has to grip, i.e. make, dub. in Phld.Po. 2.41.

II c. acc., take by handfuls,

ταύτας [τὰς μνέας] δ. Hdt.3.13

; also, catch,

τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν 1 Ep.Cor.3.20

.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `grasp, take handfulls' (Il., Ion.-Att.).

Other forms: δράττομαι, aor. δράξασθαι, perf. δέδραγμαι

Compounds: Compp. with δια-, ἐν-, κατα-.

Derivatives: δράγμα `handfull, esp. of (stalk of) corn' (Il.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 241) with δραγμεύω `collect sheaves' (Σ 555) as from δραγμός (E. Kyk. 170) for metrically impossible δραγματεύω (Eust. 1162, 17); - also δραγμίς `small handfull' (Hp. Morb. 2, 55 v. l. of δραχμίς), δραγμή `id.' (EM); δραχμη s. v.; δράγδην `grasping with the hand' (Plu., Q. S.). - Retrograde δράξ, - κός f. `handfull' (LXX); with metathesis δάρκες δέσμαι H. - δραγατεύω ( δραξών) s. v. - Unclear δρακτόν `small vase' (inscr.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Jot-present from *δρακ- or *δράχ-ι̯ομαι, with generalized zero grade. No relatives known (one considered Arm. trc`-ak `Reisigbündel' (Petersson KZ 47, 265); orig. final -c` will continue a combination of velars; between t- and r (evtl. between r and c`) an IE ē or ō (PArm. i or u) must have disappeared. OCS po-dragъ `edge, border of cloth' is very uncertain. See Bq s. v. - See on δραχμη.

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