ἰάπτω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Often combined with ἴπτομαι (íptomai, to press hard, oppress), but this is semantically difficult. The verb has also been linked to ἵημι (híēmi, to send, throw) and Latin iaciō (to throw, hurl, cast).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

ἰᾰ́πτω (iáptō)

  1. to send forth, drive on, shoot
  2. to rush, hurry

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Further reading[edit]

  • ἰάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἰάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἰάπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἰάπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἰάπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN