πραπίδες

A. πραπίσιν Pi. O. 2.94, Ep. πραπίδεσσι (v. infr.):— poet.,

1. = φρένες, midriff, diaphragm, βάλε . . ἦπαρ ὑπὸ πραπίδων Il. 11.579, cf. 13.412, 17.349: then, since this was deemed the seat of mental powers and affections,

2. understanding, mind, ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσι 1.608, 18.380, etc.; περὶ μὲν πραπίδες, περὶ δ’ ἐστὶ νόημα Hes. Th. 656; as the seat of desire, heart, ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ’ ἵμερος Il. 24.514; ἔσχεν ἄκοιτιν ἀρηρυῖαν πραπίδεσσιν wins a wife after his own heart, Hes. Th. 608; πάσῃσιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν Emp. 129.4; πραπίδων πλοῦτος ib.2, cf. Pi. O. 11(10).10, P. 4.281; Trag. in lyr., εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα A. Ag. 380, cf. 802, E. Andr. 480: rarely in sg. πραπίς, ίδος, Pi. P. 2.61, Fr. 109, E. Ba. 427 (lyr.), 999 (lyr.); ἔργον ἐμῆς π. IG 14.1500.