Λάπτειν

to lap

Translated by David Whitehead12 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
[Meaning] to empty out. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] la/ptontes ["they lapping"], [meaning] they drinking with the tongue.1
Concerning those who lapped their tongues [sic], look in the 'Gideon' [entry].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λάπτειν· τὸ ἐκκενοῦν. καὶ Λάπτοντες, τῇ γλώσσῃ πίνοντες. ζήτει περὶ τῶν λαψάντων τὰς γλώσσας ἐν τῷ Γεδέων.

Betacode
*la/ptein: to\ e)kkenou=n. kai\ *la/ptontes, th=| glw/ssh| pi/nontes. zh/tei peri\ tw=n laya/ntwn ta\s glw/ssas e)n tw=| *gede/wn.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. lambda 172 and, especially, lambda 173 (which might lie behind the present entry). ↩
  2. 2gamma 98. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

λ117Λαπιστήςswaggererλ118Λαπίστριαswaggerer-womanλ119Λάπτεινto lapλ120Λαρινεύεινto fattenλ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Apr 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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