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ἐκπίνω

ekpino

drink out, off, quaff, drain

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκπίνω · ekpinō — LSJ

drink out, off, quaff, drain

drink out or off, quaff liquor, Hom. only in Od., in Ep. aor., [ποτὸν] ἔκπῐεν 9.353; ἔκπιον [οἶνον] 10.237 : pf. Pass., ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται 22.56, cf. Hdt. 4.199; ἐκπίνουσʼ ἀεὶ ψυχῆς..αἷμα S. El. 785; διʼ αἵματʼ ἐκποθένθʼ ὑπὸ χθονός A. Ch. 66 (lyr.); ἐκπίνειν ὑστάτην πόσιν Antipho 1.20; also of bugs, ticks, and the like, drain, τὴν ψυχὴν ἐ. Ar. Nu. 712; τὸ αἷμα Arist. Rh. 1393b31 :—Pass., σῶμα..ἐξεπόθη IG 14.2002.

2 drain, dry

drain a cup dry, πλῆρες ἐ. κέρας S. Fr. 483; μὴ ʼκπιεῖν ἀλλʼ ἢ μίαν (sc. κύλικα) Pherecr. 143.9; ὅλην μύσας ἔκπινε Antiph. 3, etc.; also ὡς ἔχιδνʼ ὑφειμένη λήθουσά μʼ ἐξέπινες S. Ant. 532.

3

metaph., ἐ. ὄλβον E. Hipp. [626]; τὰ χρήματα Pl.Com. 9; ἀγρόν Alciphr. Fr. 6.2.

4 to be absorbed

Pass., to be absorbed, Diog.Apoll. 6.

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