I.to pluck, cull, Lat. carpo, Hdt., Eur., etc.:—metaph. to cull flowers from a field, δρ. λειμῶνα Μουσῶν, of a poet, Ar.
II.Mid. to pluck for oneself, cull, Od.: metaph., δρεπόμενοι τὰ μέλη Plat.; even, αἷμα δρέψασθαι to shed it, Aesch.
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