swallow
From LSJ
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. χελιδών, ἡ (Plato also Ar.).
verb transitive
P. and V. καταπίνειν (Euripides, Cyclops 219; Plato, Euthydemus pp. 6A).
drink: P. and V. πίνειν, ἐμπίνειν (Xen. also Ar.).
swallow greedily: Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν.
swallow up, waste, devour: P. κατεσθίειν.
consume: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, Ar. καταπίνειν.
engulf: P. and V. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.
