μάρπτω
μάρπτω, impf.
A). ἔμαρπτον Il. 21.489 ; Ep.
μάρπτον Emp. 90.1 : fut.
μάρψω Il. 15.137 ,
E. Ion 158 (lyr.): aor. 1
ἔμαρψα Il. 22.201 , etc.: Ep. forms, 3 sg. subj.
μάρπτῃσι Il. 8.405 : aor. 2 opt.
μεμάποιεν Hes. Sc. 252 ; inf.
μᾰπέειν ib.
231 ,
304 : 3 sg. pf.
μέμαρπεν ib.
245 ; part.
μεμαρπώς Id. Op. 204 ,
A.R. 1.756 :— Pass.,
μαρπτομένη Call. Dian. 195 :—poet. (chiefly Ep.) Verb,
take hold of,
τινα Il. 14.346 , etc.: c. gen. partis,
catch by .. ,
αὐχένων χερσὶν ὄφιας Pi. N. 1.45 ;
μάρψας ποδός νιν S. Tr. 779 : c. dat. instrum.,
χεῖρας ἔμαρπτε σκαιῇ Il. 21.489 ;
φάρμακα χερσίν Emp. 23.3 ;
χερσὶν ἡνίας E. Hipp. 1188 ;
γαμφηλῇσι δράκοντα Orac. ap.
Ar. Eq. 197 ;
χερὶ ἀνθέματος AP 6.199 (
Antiphil.). —Special usages: in a hostile sense,
lay hold of, seize,
αὐτίχ’ ἕνα μάρψας ἑτάρων Od. 10.116 ; of sleep,
τὸν ὕπνος ἔμαρπτε Il. 23.62 ;
γῆράς τε μέμαρπεν Hes. Sc. 245 , cf.
καταμάρπτω ouertake, catch a fugitive,
μή με μεταΐξας μάρψῃ ταχέεσσι πόδεσσι Il. 21.564 , cf.
22.201 ,
Archil. 59 ; but
χθόνα μάρπτε ποδοῖϊν took hold of ground with her feet,
Il. 14.228 ;
ἕλκεα .. , ἅ κεν μάρπτῃσι κεραυνός which the thunderbolt shall
inflict (by laying hold),
8.405 ,
419 ;
μ. σθένος gain strength, of a fallow field,
Pi. N. 6.11 ;
εἴ σε μάρψει ψῆφος if the votes
shall condemn,
A. Eu. 597 ;
ἄσκοποι πλάκες ἔμαρψαν the unseen land
engulfed him,
S. OC 1681 (lyr.);
τόξοις μ. τινά E. Ion 158 (lyr.);
τὰ ὄλβια τῦφος ἔμαρψεν Crates Theb. 8 ; of death,
μάρψεν Ἅιδης Trag.Adesp. 208 ; esp. in epitaphs,
μάρψασα μοῖρα IG 4.620 (Argos),
7.115 (Megara), cf.
12 (
7 ).
115 (Amorgos). (From
μṛ
πτω, cf.
βράπτω.)
ShortDef
to catch, lay hold of, seize
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
μαρπτω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μάρπτω</span>, impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἔμαρπτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.489 </a> ; Ep. <span class="quote greek">μάρπτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:90:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:90.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 90.1 </a> : fut. <span class="quote greek">μάρψω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.137 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 158 </a> (lyr.): aor. 1 <span class="quote greek">ἔμαρψα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.201 </a> , etc.: Ep. forms, 3 sg. subj. <span class="quote greek">μάρπτῃσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.405/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.405 </a> : aor. 2 opt. <span class="quote greek">μεμάποιεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:252/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 252 </a> ; inf. <span class="foreign greek">μᾰπέειν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:231/canonical-url/"> 231 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:304/canonical-url/"> 304 </a>: 3 sg. pf. <span class="foreign greek">μέμαρπεν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> 245 </a>; part. <span class="quote greek">μεμαρπώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 204 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:756" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.756/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.756 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">μαρπτομένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dian.</span> 195 </a> :—poet. (chiefly Ep.) Verb, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">take hold of</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:346" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.346/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.346 </a>, etc.: c. gen. partis, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">catch by</span> .. , <span class="quote greek">αὐχένων χερσὶν ὄφιας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.45 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μάρψας ποδός νιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:779" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:779/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 779 </a> : c. dat. instrum., <span class="quote greek">χεῖρας ἔμαρπτε σκαιῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.489 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φάρμακα χερσίν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:23:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:23.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 23.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χερσὶν ἡνίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1188/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1188 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γαμφηλῇσι δράκοντα</span> Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 197 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χερὶ ἀνθέματος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.199 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span></span>). —Special usages: in a hostile sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lay hold of, seize</span>, <span class="quote greek">αὐτίχ’ ἕνα μάρψας ἑτάρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.116 </a> ; of sleep, <span class="quote greek">τὸν ὕπνος ἔμαρπτε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γῆράς τε μέμαρπεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 245 </a> , cf. <span class="foreign greek">καταμάρπτω</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ouertake, catch</span> a fugitive, <span class="quote greek">μή με μεταΐξας μάρψῃ ταχέεσσι πόδεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.564/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.564 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.201/canonical-url/"> 22.201 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 59 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">χθόνα μάρπτε ποδοῖϊν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">took hold of</span> ground with her feet, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.228/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.228 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἕλκεα .. , ἅ κεν μάρπτῃσι κεραυνός</span> which the thunderbolt shall <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inflict (by laying hold</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.405/canonical-url/"> 8.405 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:419" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:419/canonical-url/"> 419 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. σθένος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gain</span> strength, of a fallow field, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 6.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἴ σε μάρψει ψῆφος</span> if the votes <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shall condemn</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:597" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:597/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 597 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄσκοποι πλάκες ἔμαρψαν</span> the unseen land <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">engulfed</span> him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1681" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1681/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1681 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τόξοις μ. τινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 158 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὰ ὄλβια τῦφος ἔμαρψεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Theb.</span> 8 </span> ; of death, <span class="quote greek">μάρψεν Ἅιδης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 208 </span> ; esp. in epitaphs, <span class="quote greek">μάρψασα μοῖρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.620 </span> (Argos), <span class="bibl"> 7.115 </span> (Megara), cf. <span class="bibl"> 12 </span> (<span class="bibl"> 7 </span>). <span class="bibl"> 115 </span> (Amorgos). (From <span class="itype greek">μ</span>ṛ<span class="itype greek">πτω</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">βράπτω</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}