ἀνερείπομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently from ἀνα- (ana-) +‎ ἐρείπω (ereípō, “to throw down, tear down”), though some dictionaries associate it with ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, carry off”) or ἐρέπτομαι (eréptomai, “to feed on”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ne.rěː.po.mai̯/ → /a.neˈri.po.mɛ/ → /a.neˈri.po.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ne.rěː.po.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.neˈri.po.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.neˈri.po.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.neˈri.po.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.neˈri.po.me/

Verb

ἀνερείπομαι • (anereípomai)

1. (Epic) to snatch up and carry off

Conjugation

Attested only in the aorist middle.

   Aorist: ἀνηρειψᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἀνηρειψᾰ́μην	ἀνηρείψᾰο	ἀνηρείψᾰτο	ἀνηρείψᾰσθον	ἀνηρειψᾰ́σθην	ἀνηρειψᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	ἀνηρείψᾰσθε	ἀνηρείψᾰντο
	subjunctive	ἀνερείψωμαι	ἀνερείψηαι	ἀνερείψηται	ἀνερείψησθον	ἀνερείψησθον	ἀνερειψώμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀνερείψησθε	ἀνερείψωνται
	optative	ἀνερειψαίμην	ἀνερείψαιο	ἀνερείψαιτο	ἀνερείψαισθον	ἀνερειψαίσθην	ἀνερειψαίμε(σ)θᾰ	ἀνερείψαισθε	ἀνερειψαίᾰτο
	imperative		ἀνέρειψαι	ἀνερειψᾰ́σθω	ἀνερείψᾰσθον	ἀνερειψᾰ́σθων		ἀνερείψᾰσθε	ἀνερειψᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					ἀνερείψᾰσθαι
participle	m				ἀνερειψᾰ́μενος
	f				ἀνερειψᾰμένη
	n				ἀνερειψᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἀνερείπομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀνερείπομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνηρείψαντο in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀνερείπτομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀνερείπομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press