quaff

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

drain (a cup): P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plato, symp. 214A and Soph., Fragment), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.

quaff a drink: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Dem.), Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν, V. σπᾶν, ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. ἐκροφεῖν; see drink.