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καταπίνω

katapino

gulp, swallow down

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Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταπίνω · katapinō — LSJ

gulp, swallow down, that disappear underground, swallowed

gulp, swallow down, both of liquids and solids (οὐδʼ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν Ph. 1.478), τοὺς μὲν κατέπινε Κρόνος (sc. υἱούς) Hes. Th. 459, cf. 467, E. Cyc. 219; ὁ τροχίλος . . καταπίνει τὰς βδέλλας Hdt. 2.68, cf. 70; τεμάχη Ar. Nu. 338; λίθους Id. Av. l.c.; [κίχλας] Pherecr. 108.24; [μάζας] Telecl. 1.5; of the sea, μὴ ναῦν κατὰ κῦμα πίῃ Thgn. 680, cf. Arist. Pr. 931b39 (Pass.); τὸ στόμα [τῆς γῆς] -πίεται αὐτούς LXX Nu. 16.30:—Pass., τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ (sc. by the earth) Pl. Criti. 111d

2 swallow

abs., swallow, μόλις καταπίνειν δύνηται Hp. Aph. 4.35, cf. Gal. Nat.Fac. 3.6.

II to be absorbed

metaph., τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας [αὐλὸς] κ. A. Fr. 91; καταπιοῦνται ὑμᾶς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι Plu. Alc. 15:—Pass., to be absorbed, of knots in wood, Thphr. HP 5.2.2; τῆς -πεπομένης ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ φύσεως Dam. Pr. 10.

b drink in, imbibe

κ. Εὐριπίδην drink in Euripides, i.e. imbibe his spirit, Ar. Ach. 484, Luc. JTr. 1:—Pass., τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο Antid. 2.4.

c swallow, absorb, swallow

swallow, absorb, τὰς τέχνας Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.257 (Pass.); but, swallow oneʼs anger, ib. 242.

2 swallow up, consume

swallow up, consume, [the robe] ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως Ar. V. 1147; ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ [the revenue] καταπίνει μόνος Id. Ra. 1466; τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ. Anaxil. 22.19; τι Men. Epit. 151.

3 spend, waste in tippling

spend, waste in tippling, [τὴν οὐσίαν] οὐ μόνον κατέφαγεν, ἀλλὰ . . καὶ κατέπιεν Aeschin. 1.96, cf. D.C. 45.28.

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