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κάψις

From LSJ

Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22
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Transliteration A: kápsis Transliteration B: kapsis Transliteration C: kapsis Beta Code: ka/yis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, (κάπτω) gulping, κάψει πίνειν, of the bear, opp. σπάσει and λάψει, Arist.HA595a10.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1409] ἡ, das Verschlucken, hastiges Hineinschlucken; κάψει πίνειν, schluckweis trinken, Arist. H. A. 8, 6.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κάψις: εως ἡ быстрое проглатывание: κάψει πίνειν Arst. выпивать залпом.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κάψις: -εως, ἡ, κατάποσις, καταβρόχθισις, «χάψιμον», κάψει πίνειν, ἐπὶ τῆς ἄρκτου, ἀντίθετ. τῷ σπάσει καὶ λάψει, ἡ δὲ ἄρκτος οὔτε σπάσει πίνει οὔτε λάψει, ἀλλὰ κάψει Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 6. 1.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
κάψις, ἡ (Α)
καταβρόχθιση, χάψιμο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. κάψ- (κάψ-ω, μέλλ. του κάπτω «καταπίνω, καταβροχθίζω») + κατάλ. -ις (πρβλ. βάψις, ράψις)].