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δαρδάπτω

dardapto

devour, they devour

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Where it lives

  • Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

devour, they devour

devour, of wild beasts, Il. 11.479, Hp. Ep. 17, etc.; κτήματα, χρήματα δαρδάπτουσιν, they devour oneʼs patrimony, Od. 14.92, 16.315, cf. Ar. Nu. 711; δ. με πόθος Εὐριπίδου Id. Ra. 66: in late Prose, Luc. Nec. 14. (Perh. dissim. from *δαρ-δṛπτω, cf. δρέπω.)

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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. δαρδάπτω (scan p. 351; entry #1568).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δαρδάπτω (scan p. 266; entry #1827).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δαρδάπτω (scan p. 381; entry #1430).

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