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ῥάπτω, to sew

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:—
  • 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, ἡ, name of a plaster, Cels. 5.19.6, 5.26.23.

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