The corpus record

ὑποπίνω

upopino

drink a little, drink moderately

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Where it lives

Lysis 2 · 2.88/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὑποπίνω · hypopinō — LSJ

drink a little, drink moderately

drink a little, drink moderately, μηκέθʼ οὕτω . . Σκυθικὴν πόσιν . . μελετῶμεν, ἀλλὰ καλοῖς ὑποπίνοντες ἐν ὕμνοις Anacr. 63.11; ὑποπεπώκαμεν Ar. Fr. 496; μετρίως ὑ. Pl. R. 372d; ἐχθὲς ὑπέπινες, εἶτα νυνὶ κραιπαλᾷς Alex. 286, cf. Antiph. 271.

2 drink at dessert

drink at dessert, Ar. Av. 494 (anap.), Pherecr. 153.5 (hex.), X. Cyr. 8.4.9, etc.

3 rather tipsy

ὑποπεπωκώς rather tipsy, Ar. Pax 874, Lys. 395, X. An. 7.3.29.

In the wild

ὑπέπινον · hypepinon Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 419)
ὑποπεπωκυῖʼ · hypopepōkyiʼ Aristophanes, Lysistrata 395 (DIORISIS sentence 302)
ὑποπεπωκότες · hypopepōkotes Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 600)
ὑποπίῃ · hypopiēi Plato, Lysis 204
ὑποπεπωκότες · hypopepōkotes Plato, Lysis 223
ὑποπίνοντες · hypopinontes Plato, Republic 2.372 (DIORISIS sentence 1140)

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