λάπτω
lapto
lap with the tongue
Appears 25 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λάπτω, fut. -ψω Il. 16.161, (ἀπο-) Nu. 811: aor. ἔλαψα Epic. Alex.Adesp. 1.10, Jd. 7.5, (ἐξ-) Ach. 1229: pf. λέλᾰφα Fr. 598:—Med., fut. λάψομαι (ἐκ-) Pax 885: aor. ἐλαψάμην 95:—A. lap with the tongue, of wolves, λάψοντες γλώσσῃσιν . . μέλαν ὕδωρ Il. l.c., cf. l.c., 2.971a; πίνει τὰ καρχαρόδοντα λάπτοντα HA 595a7; τῇ γλώττῃ λ. NA 6.53; cf. κάπτω. 2. drink greedily, αἷμα λέλαφας Fr.l.c., cf. Epic.Alex.Adesp.l.c.; οἶνον 10.443e:—also in Med., λεπαστὴν λαψαμένοις gulp down, l.c.—In 8.363a λαπάττειν shd. be restored for λάπτειν, unless it was an error of the writer, as in 1413.3.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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