The corpus record

ἰάπτω

iapto1

hurt, spoil

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 3 · 5.96/10k
Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

hurt, spoil, mar, wound, pierce

hurt, spoil ( = βλάπτω, Hsch.), ὡς ἂν μὴ κλαίουσα κατὰ χρόα καλὸν ἰάπτῃ mar her beauty, Od. 2.376, cf. 4.749; ναυτιλίην A.R. 2.875; of a spear, wound, pierce, τοῦ δʼ οὐ χρόα καλὸν ἴαψεν Q.S. 6.546; Ἔρως . . ὅς με κατασμύχων καὶ ἐς ὀστέον ἄχρις ἰάπτει Theoc. 3.17; βροτῶν, οὓς αὐτίκα γῆρας ἰάπτει AP 11.389 (Lucill.); ἆ δειλὸς χαλεποῖς ἐνὶ πένθεσι γῆρας ἰάψει Q.S. 3.455; ἐπεὶ ἦ νύ με κῆδος ἰάπτει λευγαλέον ib. 481:—Pass., ὃς δὲ . . μελλόντων χάριν ἑὸν ἰάπτεται κέαρ B. Fr. 7.5; ἰάπτομαι ἄλγεσιν ἦτορ

In the wild

ἰάπτων · iaptōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1547–1550
ἰάπτων · iaptōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 508–510
ἰάπτουσι · iaptousi Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 298–300
ἰάψειν · iapsein Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 521–525
ἰάπτεσθαι · iaptesthai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 539–544
ἰάπτει · iaptei Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 547–548

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