ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
a primitive root (compare גָּזַז); properly, to shear off; but used only in the (figuratively) sense of passing rapidly: bring, cut off.
