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λάπτω

λάπτω, to lap with the tongue

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λάπτων Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular of λάπτω

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λάπτω, fut. -ψω Il. 16.161, (ἀπο-) Ar. Nu. 811: aor. ἔλαψα Epic. Alex.Adesp. 1.10, LXX Jd. 7.5, (ἐξ-) Ar. Ach. 1229: pf. λέλᾰφα Id. Fr. 598:—Med., fut. λάψομαι (ἐκ-) Id. Pax 885: aor. ἐλαψάμην Pherecr. 95:—
  • lap with the tongue, of wolves, λάψοντες γλώσσῃσιν . . μέλαν ὕδωρ Il. l.c., cf. LXX l.c., Plu. Sollert. 2.971a; πίνει τὰ καρχαρόδοντα λάπτοντα Arist. HA 595a7; τῇ γλώττῃ λ. Ael. NA 6.53; cf. κάπτω.
      • 2 drink greedily, αἷμα λέλαφας Ar. Fr. l.c., cf. Epic.Alex.Adesp. l.c.; οἶνον Ath. 10.443e:—also in Med., λεπαστὴν λαψαμένοις gulp down, Pherecr. l.c.—In Ath. 8.363a λαπάττειν shd. be restored for λάπτειν, unless it was an error of the writer, as in Eust. 1413.3.

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