λάπτω,
future -ψω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.161, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 811 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔλαψα Epic. Alex.Adesp. [[ 1.10, LXX.Josh.7.5, (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1229 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect λέλᾰφα [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 598:] Refs] —middle, future λάψομαι (ἐκ-) [[ [prev. author] “Pax” 885 ] Refs]: aorist ἐλαψάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—lap with the tongue, of wolves, λάψοντες γλώσσῃσιν.. μέλαν ὕδωρ Il.[same place],[[cf. LXX [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.971a; πίνει τὰ καρχαρόδοντα λάπτοντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595a7; τῇ γλώττῃ λ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.53 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; compare κάπτω.
__2 drink greedily, αἷμα λέλαφας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “fragment” [same place], compare “Epica Alexandrina Adespota” [same place]; οἶνον 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.443e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also in middle, λεπαστὴν λαψαμένοις gulp down, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus [same place] —In 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.363a λαπάττειν should be restored for λάπτειν] Refs 5th c.BC+], unless it was an error of the writer, as in [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1413.3. ] Refs]