(or vep) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. x, 6]) vepate (ep. also °ti; p. vipāná, [RV.]; pf. vivepe Gr.; vivipre, [RV.]; aor. avepiṣṭa, [Br.]; fut. vepitā, vepiṣyate Gr.; inf. vepitum, [ib.]), to tremble, shake, shiver, vibrate, quiver, be stirred, [RV.] &c. &c.; to start back through fear, [Pañcar.]; [Kathās.] : Caus. vipáyati or vepayati (aor. avīvipat), to cause to tremble or move, shake, agitate, [RV.]; &c.
[cf. Lat. vibrare; Goth. weiþan; Germ. wîfen, weifen, Wipfel Eng. whiffle.]
víp mfn. inwardly stirred or excited, inspired, [RV.]
víp f. ‘easily moved or bent, flexible (?)’, a switch, rod &c., the shaft (of an arrow), the rods (which form the bottom of the Soma filter, and support the straining cloth), [RV.]
a finger, [Naigh. ii, 5.]