δράσσομαι,
Attic dialect δράττομαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperfect ἐδραττόμην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 545 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future δράξομαι [[ “APl.” 4.275.10 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus), LXX.Num.5.26 ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐδραξάμην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209e, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect δέδραγμαι, [[ 2 _person_ δέδραξαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 750 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], participle δεδραγμένος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.393:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —the active, δράσσω only in [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.155, “Etymologicum Magnum” 285.43, probably in “PLond.” 3.1170v113 (3rd c.AD), compare δράξαι· κρατῆσαι, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: (compare δράξ, δράγμα, δραχμή)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—grasp with the hand, with genitive of things, κόνιος δεδραγμένος αἱματοέσσης clutching handfuls of gory dust, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place]: _metaphorically_, ἐλπίδος δεδραγμένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 235 (variants πεπρ-, πεφρ-),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.15.7 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δραξάμενοι τῶν ἁλῶν taking a handful of salt, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place], etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lay hold of, τί μου δέδραξαι χερσ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 750 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δραξάμενος φάρυγος having seized [them] by the throat, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.28, compare 25.145, “POxy.” 1298.10 (4th c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, δράξασθαι καιροῦ [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.67 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; μείζονος οἴκου (i.e. by marriage), [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.14; μεγάλης ἀπήνης “Anthologia Graeca” 11.238 (6th c.BC: Demodocus Lyricus); τᾶς κραδίας 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 30.9 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; [ὧν χρ]ὴ δράξασθαι τὸ στόμα sounds the mouth has to grip, i.e. make, uncertain in [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.41. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]