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καρπ-ίζω

karpizo1

enjoy the fruits of

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Where it lives

Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

καρπ-ίζω · karp-izō — LSJ

enjoy the fruits of, exhaust, exploit

enjoy the fruits of, IG 12(5).243 (Paros):— elsewh. always in Med., κ. γῆν Theopomp.Hist. 217b; κλῆρον PFrankf. 7.7 (iii B.C.), cf. Hyp. Fr. 119, LXX Jo. 5.12, IG 5(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. HP 8.9.1, cf. CP 4.8.1: metaph., δόξαν ἐσθλήν E. Hipp. 432; κῦδος ἐκαρπίσατο Epigr.Gr. 516.4 (Aegae), cf. Supp.Epigr. 3.781 (Gortyn); exploit, BGU 1571 (i A.D.); βέλ

II make fruitful, fertilize

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

In the wild

καρπίζεται · karpizetai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9245)
καρπίζουσιν · karpizousin Euripides, Bacchae 402–408
καρπίζουςʼ · karpizousʼ Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 906)
ἐκαρπίσαντο · ekarpisanto Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 5
καρπίζεσθαι · karpizesthai Septuaginta, Proverbia 8 (DIORISIS sentence 101)

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