drain
From LSJ
Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν κτῆμα κάλλιον φίλου → Nulla est amico pulchrior possessio → Als einen Freund gibt's keinen schöneren Besitz
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
dry: P. ξηραίνειν (Thuc. 1, 109).
reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν. V. ἐξημεροῦν; see reclaim.
drain a country (used of a river): P. διαρρεῖν (acc.).
empty: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, κενοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plato), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.
use up: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν.
drain a cup: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plato, Symposium 214A; Soph., Fragment), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.
quaff: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Dem.), V. σπᾶν, ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν, Ar. ἐκροφεῖν.
drain to the dregs (Met., endure to the end): V. ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἀντλεῖν.
substantive
conduit: P. αὐλών, ὁ, Ar. ὑδρορρόα, ἡ.
drain on one's resources, expense: P. and V. δαπάνη, ἡ.
