ἐρέφω

erepho

cover with a roof

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

139
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24450
Odyssey 1
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Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23193

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐρέφω, impf. ἤρεφον Ar. Fr. 73, poet. ἔρ- Pi. O. 1.68, also ἐρέπτω (q.v.) : fut. ἐρέψω Ar. Av. 1110 : aor. 1 ἤρεψα D. 19.265 (nowhere else in Att. Prose), Ep. and Lyr. ἔρεψα Hom., Pi. O. 13.32:—Med., fut. ἐρέψομαι E. Ba. 323 : aor. 1 ἠρεψάμην A.R. 2.159, etc., (κατ-) Ar. V. 1294:—Pass., Corn. ND 17 : pf. ἤρεπται Philostr. VA 1.25 : (cf. ὄροφος, ἐρέπτω):—Α. cover with a roof, καθύπερθεν ἔρεψαν..ὄροφον λειμωνόθεν ἀμήσαντες, i.e. they thatched [the hut] with reeds Il. 24.450, cf. Od. 23.193 ; τὰς..οἰκίας ἐρέψομεν πρὸς αἰετόν Ar. Av. 1110, cf.Fr. 73 ; ἤρεψε τὴν οἰκίαν ξύλοις D.l.c.:—Pass., τὰ βασίλεια χαλκῷ ἤρεπται Philostr.l.c. 2. cover with a crown, crown, δύο δʼ αὐτὸν ἔρεψαν πλόκοι σελίνων Pi. O. 13.32 ; [κρατήρων] κρᾶτʼ ἔρεψον καὶ λαβάς S. OC 473:—Med., crown oneself, κισσῷ E. Ba. 323 ; στεφάνῳ κόμαν B. 8.24 ; δάφνῃ μέτωπα oneʼs forehead, A.R. 2.159:—Pass., στεφάνοισι χαίταν ἐρεφθείς B. 12.70. 3. wreathe as with garlands, ναὸν κρανίοις Pi. I. 4(3).54 : generally, cover, λάχναι νιν μέλαν γένειον ἔρεφον Id. O. 1.68.

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