ῥάπτω

hrapto

sew together, stitch

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥάπτω, Od. 16.422, etc.: fut. ῥάψω (ἀπορ-) Aeschin. 2.21: aor. 1 ἔρραψα Hdt. 9.17, E. Andr. 911; Ep. ῥάψα Il. 12.296: aor. 2 ἔρρᾰφον (συν-) Nonn. D. 7.152: plpf. ἐρραφήκει (συν-) X.Eph. 1.9:—Med., aor. ἐρραψάμην Ar. Eq. 784, etc.:—Pass., fut. ῥᾰφήσομαι (συν-) Androm. ap. Gal. 13.685: aor. ἐρράφην [ᾰ] D. 54.41, v. infr.: pf. ἔρραμμαι Ar. Ec. 24, D. 54.35: poet. plpf. ἔραπτο (συν-) Q.S. 9.359:—A. sew together, stitch, βοείας Il. 12.296: abs., Ar. Pl. 513:—Med., ῥαψάμενον δερμάτων ὀχετόν having made himself a pipe of leather, Hdt. 3.9; ῥαψάμενός σοι τουτί (sc. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched or made, Ar. Eq. 784; also, sew on or to one, Id. Nu. 538:—Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have oneʼs lip sewed up, D. 54.35, cf. 41; ἔχειν πώγωνας ἐρραμμένους to have beards sewed on, Ar. Ec. 24; ἐν μηρῷ ποτʼ ἐρράφθαι Διός was sewn up in . ., E. Ba. 243; ἐρραμμένα stitched work, a cushion or pad, Alex. 98.11; χρὴ τὸ ἔποχον τοιοῦτον ἐρράφθαι ὡς . . X. Eq. 12.9. II. metaph. c. dat., devise, contrive, plot, σφιν κακὰ ῥ. Od. 3.118, cf. Il. 18.367; φόνον, θάνατόν τε μόρον τε ῥ., Od. 16.379,422; ῥάψαι μόρον σοι E. IT 681; also ἐπʼ Ἕλλησι φόνον ῥ. Hdt. 9.17; εἴς τινα E. Andr. 911; ἐπιβουλὰς ῥ. τινί, Lat. suere dolos, Alex. 98.2: prov., τοῦτο τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you sewed the shoe but A. put it on, Hdt. 6.1. 2. generally, string or link together, unite, ἀοιδήν Hes. Fr. 265. 3. ῥάψαντα διὰ βίου τοῖς αὐτοκράτορσι, perh. f.l. in JHS 42.168 (iii A.D.). 4. ῥάπτουσα, , name of a plaster, Cels. 5.19.6, 5.26.23.
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