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ῥάπτω

rapto

sew together, stitch

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What it meant — LSJ

sew together, stitch, having made himself, having got, stitched, made, sew on, to one, to have, sewed up, sewed on, was sewn up, stitched work, a cushion, pad

sew together, stitch, βοείας Il. 12.296: abs., Ar. Pl. 513:—Med., ῥαψάμενον δερμάτων ὀχετόν having made himself a pipe of leather, Hdt. 3.9; ῥαψάμενός σοι τουτί (sc. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched or made, Ar. Eq. 784; also, sew on or to one, Id. Nu. 538:—Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have oneʼs lip sewed up, D. 54.35, cf. 41; ἔχειν πώγωνας ἐρραμμένους to have beards sewed on, Ar. Ec. 24; ἐν μηρῷ ποτʼ ἐρράφθαι Διός was sewn up in . ., E. Ba. 243; ἐρραμμένα stitched work, a cushion or pa

II devise, contrive, plot, sewed

metaph. c. dat., devise, contrive, plot, σφιν κακὰ ῥ. Od. 3.118, cf. Il. 18.367; φόνον, θάνατόν τε μόρον τε ῥ., Od. 16.379, 422; ῥάψαι μόρον σοι E. IT 681; also ἐπʼ Ἕλλησι φόνον ῥ. Hdt. 9.17; εἴς τινα E. Andr. 911; ἐπιβουλὰς ῥ. τινί, Lat. suere dolos, Alex. 98.2: prov., τοῦτο τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you sewed the shoe but A. put it on, Hdt. 6.1.

2 string, link together, unite

generally, string or link together, unite, ἀοιδήν Hes. Fr. 265.

3

ῥάψαντα διὰ βίου τοῖς αὐτοκράτορσι, perh. f.l. in JHS 42.168 (iii A.D.).

4

ῥάπτουσα, ἡ, name of a plaster, Cels. 5.19.6, 5.26.23.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥάπτω (scan p. 987; entry #6933).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥάπτω (scan p. 1615; entry #4949).

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