A.ripened on the tree, quite ripe, “ἐλάα” Chionid.7, Eup. 312; αἱ δρυπεπεῖς (sc. ἰσχάδες) Ar.Lys.564, Callias Com.21: by a com. metaph., “μᾶζαι δ.” Cratin.165, Telecl.38; “δ. ἑταῖραι” Ar.Fr. 141: heterocl. acc. sg., τὴν ἁλίπαστον δρύπεπα, as Subst., AP6.191 (Longus):—δρυπετής or δρυ^ο-πέτης (πίπτω), ready to fall, over-ripe, is a constant v. l., cf. Sch.Orib.2p.746D., Hsch.
δρυ^πεπής , ές,