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ἐρείπω

ἐρείπω, throw down, tear down; (m-p and intr aor) fall down, fall into ruins

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ἐριπόντες aorist active participle masculine nominative plural, aorist active participle masculine vocative plural of ἐρείπω

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ἐρείπ-ω, Ep. impf. ἔρειπον Il. 12.258 (v. sub fin.): fut. ἐρείψω S. OC 1373, X. Cyr. 7.4.1: aor. 1 ἤρειψα Hdt. 1.164, (ἐξ-) Pi. P. 4.264: intr. in aor. 2 ἤρῐπον (v. infr. II), and pf. ἐρήρῐπα (κατ-) Il. 14.55:—Med., aor. 1 ἠρειψάμην (ἀν-) only f.l., v. *ἀνερείπομαι: aor. 2 ἠριπόμην (in pass.sense) AP 9.152 (Agath.):— Pass., aor. 1 part. ἐρειφθείς S. Aj. 309; ind. ἠρίφθην Arr. An. 1.21.4 codd., (κατ-) ib. 2.22.7: aor. 2 ἠρίπην [ῐ] (v. infr.): pf. ἐρήριμμαι ib. 1.21.6; ἤρειμμαι (κατ-) IG 12(3).326.20 (Thera, ii A. D.): plpf. ἐρήριπτο (κατ-) Arr. An. 1.19.2; cj. for ἠρείπετο in Plu. Brut. 42; Ep. ἐρέριπτο Il. 14.15; late Prose ἠρήριπτο Agath. 1.10.—
  • Poet. Verb (also in Hdt., X., Plb. and later Prose):—throw or dash down, tear down, ἔρειπον ἐπάλξεις Il. 12.258; ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν 15.361; ὄχθας καπέτοιο..ποσσὶν ἐρείπων ib. 356; προμαχεῶνα ἕνα τοῦ τείχεος ἐ. Hdt. 1.164 (v. sub fin.); πόλιν..ἐρείψεις S. OC 1373: metaph., λαοὺς διχοστασίαις ἤρειπον B. 10.68; [Λαβδακίδας] ἐρείπει θεῶν τις some god casts them down, S. Ant. 596 (lyr.):—Pass., to be thrown down, fall in ruins, ἐρέριπτο δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν Il. 14.15; τῆς μὲν ἐρειπομένης (sc. γαίης) Hes. Th. 704; τῶν πύργων ἐρειπομένων Plb. 1.42.10; ἐν δʼ ἐρειπίοις νεκρῶν ἐρειφθεὶς ἕζετο S. Aj. 309 (v.l. ἐρεισθείς); ἐρείπεται κτύπος..Διόβολος the thunder comes crashing down, Id. OC 1462 (lyr.); ἐρείπεσθαι εἴς τινα to fall upon.., Plu. Alex. 33: aor. 2 part. Pass. ἐριπέντι fallen, Pi. O. 2.43 (v.l. -όντι, cf. A.D. Synt. 280.21).
    • II intr., aor. 2 ἤρῐπον, Ep. ἔρῐπον, fall down, ἤριπε δʼ ἐξ ὀχέων Il. 5.47, etc.; γνὺξ δʼ ἔριπε fell on his knee, ib. 68; ἐν κονίῃ, ἐν κονίῃσι, ib. 75, 11.743; of trees, ἡ δʼ ἐκ ῥιζέων ἐριποῦσα 21.243: hence, of a warrior, ἤριπε δʼ ὡς ὅτε τις δρῦς ἤριπεν 13.389; ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ ἤριπεν ἀστὴρ ἐν πόντῳ Theoc. 13.50: metaph., δείματι ἤριπεν her heart sank with terror, Simon. 37.3; where this tense is apptly. trans., as in Hdt. 9.70, Paus. 10.32.6, ἤρειπον may be restored.

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