λάπτειν

λάπτω

Epic. Alex.Adesp.

pres inf act (attic epic)

λάπτω, [tense] fut. -ψω Il.16.161, ( ἀπο-) Ar.Nu. 811: [tense] aor.

A

ἔλαψα

Epic. Alex.Adesp.

1.10

, LXX Jd.7.5, (ἐξ-) Ar.Ach. 1229: [tense] pf.

λέλᾰφα Id.Fr. 598

:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. λάψομαι (ἐκ-) Id. Pax 885: [tense] aor.

ἐλαψάμην Pherecr. 95

:— lap with the tongue, of wolves, λάψοντες γλώσσῃσιν.. μέλαν ὕδωρ Il.l.c., cf. LXX l.c., Plu.2.971a;

πίνει τὰ καρχαρόδοντα λάπτοντα Arist.HA 595a7

;

τῇ γλώττῃ λ. Ael.NA6.53

; cf. κάπτω.

2 drink greedily,

αἷμα λέλαφας Ar.Fr.

l.c., cf. Epic.Alex.Adesp.l.c.;

οἶνον Ath. 10.443e

:—also in [voice] Med., λεπαστὴν λαψαμένοις gulp down, Pherecr. l.c.—In Ath.8.363a λαπάττειν shd. be restored for λάπτειν, unless it was an error of the writer, as in Eust.1413.3.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `lap with the tongue, drink greedily. gulp down', esp. of dogs etc. (Arist.)

Other forms: fut. λάψω (Π 161, Ar.), - ομαι (Ar.), aor. λάψαι, - ασθαι (Ar., Pherecr., LXX), perf. λέλᾰφα (Ar. Fr. 598).

Compounds: also with ἀπο-, ἐκ-, περι-.

Derivatives: λάπτας τοὺς ῥοφοῦντας H.; by Latte Glotta 34, 197 also supposed in λατταμυῖα Πολυρ\<ρ\> ήνιοι H., foll. ihm to be read as λάττα\<ς\> (Cret. for λάπτας) μυῖα; λάψις `gulping down' (Arist.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Onomatopoetic word; genetically or elementary cognate: Alb. lap `id.', of dogs, cats, Slav., e. g. Russ. lópatь `burst, (Germ.) devour', Lith. lapènti `absorb greedily' (of swines), Germ., e. g. OE lapian, MHG leffen `gulp down' (may have IE *b, like Lat. lambō), NHG (with geminate) lappen, Fr. laper `id.' (WP. 2, 383f., Pok. 651, W.-Hofmann s. lambō, Vasmer and Fraenkel Wb. s. v., Sturtevant Lang. 17, 6). - As λάπτω, λέλαφα compared with λάψω, λάψαι can be secondary, Schulze KZ 52, 105 (= Kl. Schr. 372) reminds of Balt. and Slav. synonymes with k, e. g. Lith. làkti, Russ. lokátь ' λάπτειν', to which λάψω, λάψαι (if with IE. kʷ) may agree. - Cf. λαφύσσω. - As PIE had no *a, the word will rather be Pre-Greek.

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