ἀποκοτταβίζω

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αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point

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Transliteration A: apokottabízō Transliteration B: apokottabizō Transliteration C: apokottavizo Beta Code: a)pokottabi/zw

English (LSJ)

   A dash out the last drops of wine, as in playing at the cottabus, X.HG2.3.56, cf. Ath.15.665e.    2 metaph., vomit, Herod. Med. ap. Orib.10.8.12.