drain

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

dry: P. ξηραίνειν (Thuc. 1, 109).

reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν. V. ἐξημεροῦν; see reclaim.

drain a country (used of a river): P. διαρρεῖν (acc.).

empty: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, κενοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plato), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.

use up: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν.

drain a cup: P. and V. ἐκπίνειν (Plato, Symposium 214A; Sophocles, Fragment), Ar. ῥοφεῖν.

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

drain to the dregs (Met., endure to the end): V. ἐξαντλεῖν, διαντλεῖν, ἀντλεῖν.

substantive

conduit: P. αὐλών, ὁ, Ar. ὑδρορρόα, ἡ.

drain on one's resources, expense: P. and V. δαπάνη, ἡ.