καταπίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -πίομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>693</span>, later -πιοῖμαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>15</span>: aor. κατέπιον <span class="title">IG</span>4.951.102 (Epid.); poet. κάππιον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>p.45</span> R.: pf. -πέπωκα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1137</span>:—[[gulp]], [[swallow down]], both of liquids and solids (οὐδ' ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.478</span>), <b class="b3">τοὺς μὲν κατέπινε Κρόνος</b> (sc. [[υἱούς]]) <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>459</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">467</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>219</span>; ὁ τροχίλος… καταπίνει τὰς βδέλλας <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">70</span>; τεμάχη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>338</span>; [[λίθους]] Id.<span class="title">Av.</span> l. c.; ([[κίχλας]]) <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.24</span>; ([[μάζας]]) <span class="bibl">Telecl.1.5</span>; of the sea, μὴ ναῦν κατὰ κῦμα πίῃ <span class="bibl">Thgn.680</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>931b39</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">τὸ στόμα</b> [<b class="b3">τῆς γῆς</b>] -πίεται αὐτούς <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Nu.</span>16.30</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ</b> (sc. by the earth) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>111d</span>; of rivers [[that disappear underground]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>351a1</span>; ὑφ' ἅμμου <span class="bibl">D.S.1.32</span>; of cities [[swallowed]] by an earthquake, <span class="bibl">Str.1.3.17</span>; πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης <span class="bibl">Plb.2.41.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[swallow]], μόλις καταπίνειν δύνηται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span> 4.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Nat.Fac.</span>3.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας</b> ([[αὐλὸς]]) κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>91</span>; καταπιοῦνται ὑμᾶς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>15</span>:—Pass., to [[be absorbed]], of knots in wood, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.2.2</span>; τῆς -πεπομένης ὑπ' αὐτοῦ φύσεως <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">κ. Εὐριπίδην</b> [[drink in]] Euripides, i.e. [[imbibe]] his spirit, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>484</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>1</span>:—Pass., τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο <span class="bibl">Antid.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[swallow]], [[absorb]], τὰς τέχνας <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.257</span> (Pass.); but, [[swallow]] one's anger, ib.<span class="bibl">242</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[swallow up]], [[consume]], [the robe] ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1147</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ</b> [the revenue] καταπίνει μόνος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1466</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Anaxil.22.19</span>; τι <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Epit.</span>151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[spend]], [[waste in tippling]], [<b class="b3">τὴν οὐσίαν</b>] οὐ μόνον κατέφαγεν, ἀλλὰ… καὶ κατέπιεν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.C.45.28</span>.</span>