quaff
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Drain (a cup): P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plat., Symp. 214A and Soph., Frag.), Ar. ῥοφεῖν. Quaff a drink: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Dem.), Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν, V. σπᾶν, ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. ἐκροφεῖν; see drink.
