ῥοφέω

English (LSJ)

A.Eu.264, Ar.V.906, etc.; also ῥοφάνω (ῥῠφ-), Hp. Morb.2.12, 19, etc.; ῥοφάω, PMag.Lond.121.182 (ῥοφωμένην together with

   A ῥοφοῦντι Colot. in Ly.7 [col. 9]), Sch. T Il.5.126:—fut. ῥοφήσομαι Ar.V.814; whence Elmsl. alters ῥοφήσεις into -ήσει in Ach.278, Eq.360 (ἐκ-), Pax 716: aor. ἐρρόφησα Hp.Morb.2.42, Ar. Eq.51, (ἐπεκ-) ib.701, (ἀπ-) X.Cyr.1.3.10:—Pass., aor. part. ῥοφηθείς Nic.Al.389:—a form ῥῠφέω (Ion. acc. to Phot.) occurs in Hippon. 132; aor. ῥυφῆσαι Ar.Fr.450; Med. ῥυφήσασθαι Hp.Epid.7.11:—sup greedily up, gulp down, ἀπὸ ζῶντος ῥ. ἐρυθρὸν . . πελανόν A.Eu.264(lyr.), cf. Ar.V.812,814, etc.; τινος some of a thing, Luc.Lex.5; ῥοφοῦντα πίνειν ὥσπερ βοῦν X.An.4.5.32: abs., Ar.Eq.51, V.906,982; of Charybdis, Arist.Mete.356b15.    2 drain dry, empty, τρύβλιον Ar. Ach.278, Eq.905; so ῥ. ἀρτηρίας, of the poison on the robe of Heracles, S.Tr.1055.    II live on slops, opp. ξηρὸν σιτίον, Hp. VM6. (Cf. Lat. sorbeo, Lith. srebiù 'sip', etc.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 849] schlürfen, schlucken; ἀπὸ ζῶντος ῥοφεῖν ἐρυθρὸν ἐκ μελέων πέλανον, Aesch. Eum. 254; Soph. sagt von dem Gifte des Gewandes der Deianira ἐκ μὲν ἐσχάτας βέβρωκε σάρκας, πνεύμονός τ' ἀρτηρίας ῥοφεῖ ξυνοικοῦν, Trach. 1055; Ar. Ach. 266 u. öfter; fut. ῥοφήσομαι, Vesp. 814 u. sp. D., wie Nic. Al. 388; ῥοφοῦντα πιεῖν ὥςπερ βοῦν, Xen. An. 4, 5, 22; ausschlürfen, ᾠόν, Ephipp. bei Ath. II, 58 a. Nebenformen sind ῥοφάω, ῥοφάνω, ῥομφάνω, auch ῥυμφάνω, verwandt ῥοιζέω.