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ἐμπίνω

empino

drink, to drink of, drink oneʼs fill

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Where it lives

Peace 2 · 2.51/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἐμπίνω · empinō — LSJ

drink, to drink of

drink, πολλὰ καταφαγών, πόλλʼ ἐμπιών Epich. 35.7, cf. E. Cyc. 336, X. Cyr. 7.1.1: c. gen., ἐ. τοῦ αἵματος to drink of the blood, Hdt. 3.11, 4.64, cf. Ph. 1.324.

2 drink oneʼs fill, drunken

abs., drink oneʼs fill, f.l. in Thgn. 1129, cf. Ar. Pax 1143, 1156; ἐμπεπωκότες drunken, Id. Ec. 142.

In the wild

ἐμπεπωκότες · empepōkotes Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 103)
ἐμπίῃ · empiēi Aristophanes, Peace 1155 (DIORISIS sentence 818)
ἐμπιεῖν · empiein Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 810)
ἐμπιόντες · empiontes Herodotus, Histories 3.11.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2929)
ἐμπίνει · empinei Herodotus, Histories 4.64.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4460)

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