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διαρπάζω

diarpazo

tear in pieces

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Where it lives

Nahum 2 · 21.67/10k
Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
Esther 4 · 7.23/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Anabasis 11 · 1.96/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Psalmi 4 · 1.17/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαρπ-άζω · diarp-azō — LSJ

tear in pieces, carry away, efface, dismantled

tear in pieces, [λύκοι] αἶψα διαρπάζουσι [ἄρνας] Il. 16.355; of the wind, carry away, efface, τὰ ἴχνη X. Cyn. 6.2; τείχη διηρπασμένα dismantled, Jul. ad Ath. 279a (7).

II spoil, plunder

spoil, plunder, πόλιν Hdt. 1.88, etc.:—Med., Συρίαν J. AJ 1.9.1.

2 seize as plunder

seize as plunder, χρήματα Hdt. l.c., cf. Lys. 7.6, 19.40, Hell.Oxy. 13.3, Arist. Pol. 1281a25, etc.:—Pass., Pl. Plt. 274b; τἀν τῇ Βοιωτίᾳ διαρπασθησόμενʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ πολέμου D. 18.213, cf. Lys. 19.41, Th. 8.36.

3 snatch from

snatch from, θηρείων παῖδα γενείων Nonn. D. 48.290.

In the wild

διαρπάζειν · diarpazein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..35 (DIORISIS sentence 427)
διαρπάζωσι · diarpazōsi Aristotle, Politics 1281a (DIORISIS sentence 1108)
διαρπαζέτω · diarpazetō Epictetus, Discourses 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6812)
διαρπάσωσι · diarpasōsi Euripides, Bacchae 1336–1337
διαρπάζει · diarpazei Herodotus, Histories 1.88.3 (DIORISIS sentence 627)
διαρπάζει · diarpazei Herodotus, Histories 1.88.3 (DIORISIS sentence 626)

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