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δάπτω

dapto

devour, rend, tear

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k

What it meant — LSJ

devour, rend, tear, corrode, consume

devour, as wild beasts, Il. 16.159, etc.; ἀλλήλους δάπτοντες Emp. 136; of fire, δώσω Πριαμίδην πυρὶ δαπτέμεν Il. 23.183; of a spear, rend, χρόα λειριόεντα δάψει 13.831, cf. A. Pr. 370; of moths and worms, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σὴς οὐδὲ κὶς δ. Pi. Fr. 222; δ. τὰν παρειάν tear with the nails, A. Supp. 70 (lyr.); corrode, ὑγρὸν δάπτον Aret. SD 1.9: metaph., consume, δ. πόλιν, of a tyrant, Alc. Supp. 23.7; of envy, Pi. N. 8.23; δάπτει τὸ μὴ ʼνδικον S. OT 682 (lyr.); οἰκτρὰ συμφορὰ δ. φρένας Trag.Adesp.Oxy. 21

In the wild

δάπτοντες · daptontes Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 369–371
δάπτομαι · daptomai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 437–438
δάπτω · daptō Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 68–72
δάπτει · daptei Iliad 11.481
δάψει · dapsei Iliad 13.831
δάπτουσιν · daptousin Iliad 16.159

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δάπτω (scan p. 350; entry #1564).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δάπτω (scan p. 266; entry #1819).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δάπτω (scan p. 380; entry #1426).

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