suck
From LSJ
θαρσεῖν χρὴ φίλε Βάττε: τάχ' αὔριον ἔσσετ' ἄμεινον → you need to be brave, dear Battus; perhaps tomorrow will be better | Take heart, dear Battos! Tomorrow will be better.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
V. σπᾶν (Aesch., Choe. 533), ἀνασπᾶν, ἀφέλκειν, Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν.
Suck the breast: V. μαστὸν ἀμφιχάσκειν.
Suck milk: ἐξαμέλγειν γάλα.
Give suck: see suckle.
