ἐπι-καρπίζομαι

ἐπι-καρπίζομαι, auszehren, aussaugen

καρπ-ίζω (A), ( καρπός A)

A enjoy the fruits of, IG12(5).243 ([place name] Paros):— elsewh. always in [voice] Med.,

κ. γῆν Theopomp.Hist.217b

;

κλῆρον PFrankf.7.7

(iii B.C.), cf. Hyp.Fr. 119, LXXJo.5.12, IG5(2).419.14 (Phigalea, iii B.C.), ib.7.413.28, al. (Oropus, i B.C.), etc.;

Χρόνον Epicur.Ep.3p.61U.

; but also, exhaust the soil,

καρπίζεται τὴν γῆν μάλιστα πυρός Thphr.HP8.9.1

, cf. CP4.8.1: metaph.,

δόξαν ἐσθλήν E.Hipp. 432

;

κῦδος ἐκαρπίσατο Epigr.Gr.516.4

([place name] Aegae), cf. Supp.Epigr.3.781 ([place name] Gortyn); exploit, BGU 1571 (i A.D.); βέλτιον ἐμὲ (sc. τὴν σοφίαν)

καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ Χρυσίον LXXPr.8.19

.

II make fruitful, fertilize, E.Ba. 408 (lyr.), Hel. 1328 (lyr.).

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καρπ-ίζω (B), (

A

κάρφος 11

) enfranchise a slave by touching him with the rod, καρπίζομαι ἐπὶ ἐλευθερίᾳ, = Lat. adseror, Gloss.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `root of the hand' (Il.).

Compounds: As 1. member in καρπό-δεσμον, - δεσμος, - δέσμιον `bracelet' (pap., Luc.), hypostasis ὑπο-κάρπιος `under the hand-root' (Aristaenet.)

Derivatives: καρπωτός `reaching to the h.' (LXX); καρπίζομαι `be taken at the h.', a. o. as sign of manumission, ἐπὶ ἐλευθερίᾳ = `adseror in libertatem' (gloss.), with καρπιστής `emancipator' (Arr.), καρπισμός, - ιστία `vindiciae' (gloss.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Schrader and Solmsen (s. on καρπάλιμος) connect a Germanic verb for `turn etc.', e. g. Goth. ƕaírban, OHG hwerban, hwerfan `turn oneself, werben'. So the basis would be *κϜαρπός from IE. *ku̯r̥p-; on the phonetics Schwyzer 302. - Doubtful further connections in Pok. 631. The root has no certain connections outside Germanic. Michler assumes that it is the same word as καρπός `fruit' ( Hermes 94 (1966) 314-319 [the article is too difficult for me]; see the remarks in Frisk III s.v.

Page in Frisk: 1,793