A.“-ψω” A.Th.525 (lyr.): aor. “ἴαψα” S.Aj.700(lyr.): —send, drive on, of missiles, send forth, shoot, “τόξοις βέλη εἴς τινα” A. Ag.510; “χερμάδα ἐπί τινι” Id.Th.299(lyr.); πρόσθε πυλᾶν κεφαλὰν ἰ. to throw his head before the gates, i.e. lose it, ib.525(lyr.): metaph., “ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ . . ἰάπτων” Id.Ag.1548(lyr.); μακάρεσσιν ἔπι ψόγον αἰνὸν ἰ. Rhian.1.4; ἰ. ὀρχήματα begin the dance, S.l.c.:— Pass., “ἐπί τινι ἰάπτεται βέλη” A.Th.544.
II. intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν), rush, hurry, A.Supp.547 (lyr.). (Perh. cf. Lat. jacio.)