ἀποδρύπτω

apodrypto

tear off the skin, lacerate

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23187
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

2421
Odyssey 2
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5435
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17480

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποδρύπτω, aor. 1 ἀπέδρυψα: aor. 2 ἀπέδρῠφον:—A. tear off the skin, lacerate, μή μιν ἀποδρύφοι ἑλκυστάζων Il. 23.187; μή σε νέοι διὰ δώματʼ ἐρύσσωσʼ . . ἀποδρύψωσί τε πάντα Od. 17.480; σάρκας ὀνύχεσσι Theoc. 25.267:—Pass., ἀπὸ χειρῶν ῥινοὶ ἀπέδρυφθεν Od. 5.435, cf. 426; ἀποδρυφθῆναι χαλάζη AP 11.365 (Agath.):—Med., scrape oneself, grow thin, dub. in Alciphr. 3.51.

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