Δρέπεται

Notes (2)

1. The headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is either middle or passive voice (third person singular, present tense) of dre/pw. For the verb cf. generally delta 1520, delta 1521, delta 1522.
1. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica. ↩
2. 2Greek Anthology 7.218.5-7 (Antipater of Sidon); epitaph for Lais, the legendary Corinthian hetaera; quoted again at kappa 2628; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19) and (vol. II, 52-3). The participle here is from dre/ptw, a poetic variant of dre/pw. See further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1219, alpha 1683, theta 519, theta 588, kappa 751, kappa 1525, lambda 789, omicron 51, pi 1457, and pi 1903. On Lais, see lambda 40, nu 16, and names of other Corinthian courtesans at epsilon 3266. In reading a)gauoi/ (noble, illustrious, proud) here, the Suda follows both the Anthologia Palatina and the Anthologia Planudea; cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 53). However, they note that while a)gauoi/ is used in the Iliad to describe Penelope's suitors, it is never applied to men that courted Helen. Gow and Page suggest that, misled by the familiarity of a)gauoi/, early copyists inserted it at a place in the line appropriate for a verb (ibid.). Consequently, Gow and Page read ἄγερθεν (they were gathered together) instead (vol. I, 19).