(cf. √ sac) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xi, 6]) sapati (and Ā. °te pf. sepuḥ, [RV.]; fut. sapitā, sapiṣyati Gr.), to follow or seek after, be devoted to, honour, serve, love, caress (also sexually), [RV.]; [TS.]; [VS.] (cf. [Naigh. iii, 5]; [14]) : Caus. sāpayati (Subj. aor. sīṣapanta), to serve, honour, worship, do homage (others ‘to receive homage’), [RV. vii, 43, 4]; to have sexual intercourse (?), [TBr.] [? cf. Gk. σέβομαι, σέβας].
(ifc.) See ṛta- and keta-sáp.