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ὀλόπτω

olopto

to peel, pluck, peck

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What it meant

1. ὀλόπτω · oloptō — Beekes

ὀλόπτω [v.] - λεπίζειν, τίλλειν, κολάπτειν ‘to peel, pluck, peck’ (H.). VAR Aor. OA Wat (Call, Euph., Nic.) ‘to strip off, tear off, pluck’. *ETYM Can hardly be related to » λέπω, » λοπός, etc., but rather a Pre-Greek variant οἵ» ὀλούφω. — [Beekes, s.v. ὀλόπτω, p. 1123]

2. ὀλόπτω · oloptō — LSJ

pluck out, tear out

pluck out, tear out, [χαίτην] ὤλοψας βίῃφι Call. Dian. 77 ; ἑὰν ὠλόψατο χαίταν AP 7.241 (Antip. Sid.) ; ὤλοψεν . . βότρυν ἐθείρης cj. in Nonn. D. 40.104.

II strip off

strip off, Nic. Th. 595.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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