ἀνερείπομαι

anereipomai

snatch up and carry off

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1241
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4727
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14371
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2077
Iliad 1
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Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20234

Dictionary (LSJ)

*ἀνερείπομαι, Ep. Dep., used by Hom. only in 3pl. aor., A. snatch up and carry off, ἀνηρείψαντο, of the gods, 11.20.234, cf. Pi. Pae. 6.136, A.R. 2.503; of the Harpies, Od. 1.241, etc.; of storms, 4.727; so παῖδα . . Ἀφροδίτη ὦρτʼ ἀνερειψαμένη Hes. Th. 990; τὴν Ἀργὼ οὐρανὸς ἀνηρείψατο Them. Or. 27.333a:—later, take upon oneself, πόνον Orph. A. 290. (The true spelling is prob. ἀνηρεψ-, which has Ms. authority in Hes.l.c. and A.R. 1.214; cf. ἀ[νᾱ]ρέψατο Pi. Pae.l.c., and ἀνερεψάμενοι, Hsch.: v. ἅρπυια.)

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