Δρέπου
harvest!
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Mar 2005Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δρέπου· τρύγα. Ἡρόδοτος· τῶν δένδρων τὸν φλοιὸν περιλέποντες καὶ τὰ φύλλα καταδρέποντες ἤσθιον.
Betacode
*dre/pou: tru/ga. *(hro/dotos: tw=n de/ndrwn to\n floio\n perile/pontes kai\ ta\ fu/lla katadre/pontes h)/sqion.
Notes (1)
- [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword -- present middle imperative, second person singular, of↩
dre/pw -- must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all post-classical. For the verb cf. delta 1519, delta 1520, delta 1522.- 2Herodotus 8.115.2 (web address 1), with the compound verb
katadre/pw ; on Xerxes' army in retreat from Greece. - 2Herodotus 8.115.2 (web address 1), with the compound verb
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- δ1519Δρέπεταιharvests, is being harvested[Meaning he/she/it] reaps/is being reaped, gathers/is being gathered, plucks from flowers/is being plucked from flowers. "For whom more noble suitors than for the bride, [sc. Helen] daughter of Tyndareus, gathering…
- δ1520ΔρέπομαιI harvest[Used] with a genitive: "I too harvested from the same discourses as you." But [also used] with an accusative: "harvesting evil fruit from an evil reputation." And, "harvesting the finest flowers of friendship."
- δ1522Δρεφθῆναιto be harvested[Meaning] to be scythed off.
- δ1538ΔρωπακίζωI depilate, I apply a pitch-plaster[Meaning] I gather, I reap. For drwpa/ [are] things harvested [drepta/], [or?] the scythes [dre/pana]. Among us drwpaki/zein [means] to anoint the body with a kind of ointment to make [the skin] smooth from body hairs…
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Revision history8 revisions · last 15 Nov 2015
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- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
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- tweaked translation; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
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