ὑποπίνω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A drink a little, drink moderately, μηκέθ' οὕτω . . Σκυθικὴν πόσιν . . μελετῶμεν, ἀλλὰ καλοῖς ὑποπίνοντες ἐν ὕμνοις Anacr.63.11; ὑποπεπώκαμεν Ar.Fr.496; μετρίως ὑ. Pl.R.372d; ἐχθὲς ὑπέπινες, εἶτα νυνὶ κραιπαλᾷς Alex.286, cf. Antiph.271. 2 drink at dessert, Ar.Av.494 (anap.), Pherecr.153.5 (hex.), X.Cyr.8.4.9, etc. 3 ὑποπεπωκώς rather tipsy, Ar.Pax874, Lys.395, X.An.7.3.29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1228] (s. πίνω), ein wenig od. allmälig trinken, dah. auch lange forttrinken, sich berauschen; Plat. Lys. 223 b; Xen. Cyr. 8, 4,9; Ar. Av. 497; ὑποπεπωκυῖα Lys. 395, wo der Schol. es durch μεθύσκεσθαι erkl.; ἤδη γὰρ ὑποπεπωκὼς ἔτυχεν, er war schon etwas angetrunken, Xen. An. 7, 2,29; Hell. 5, 4,40 u. öfter; vgl. Mehlhorn zu Anacr. 61, 11; dazu trinken, μετρίως Plat. Rep. II, 372 b.
