ἐπιρροφέω
From LSJ
τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων περίστασις; → what means this uproar and thronging about the house, what means the crowd standing round the house?
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ρῠφέω,
A swallow besides, ld.Acut.24; take draughts (of an actor), Arist.Pr.948a2; ἐπιρροφεῖν τοῦ ὕδατος Plu.Phoc.9; τῆς κύλικος Ael.NA 14.5; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγη, τί ἐπιρροφήσομεν; (cf. ἐπιπίνω) Archig. ap. Gal.8.577. II. swallow greedily, gulp down, Clearch.Com.1; ἐ. ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος Theopomp.Com.76.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιρροφέω: ῥοφῶ προσέτι ἢ μετά τι, Ἱππ. π. Διαίτ. Ὀξ. 387. Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 27. 3, 4· ἐπιρροφεῖν τοῦ ὕδατος Πλουτ. Φωκ. 9. ΙΙ. ἐπιρροφῶ, ῥοφῶ ἀπλήστως, ἀντίθετον τῷ πίνω, Κλέαρχ. ἐν «Κιθαρῳδῷ» 1· ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος ἐπιρροφεῖν Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 20 (Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 525).
