ἐκλάπτω
From LSJ
φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
English (LSJ)
fut.
A -λάψομαι Ar.Pax885:—drink off, Id.Ach.1229, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 766] ausschlappen, gierig austrinken, Ar. Ach. 1229; im med. fut., Pax 850, verschlingen, wie Lycophr. 1201.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκλάπτω: μέλλ. -λάψομαι, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 885· - καταπίνω, ἄκρατον ἐγχέας ἄμυστιν ἐξέλαψα ὁ αὐτ. Ἀχ. 1229, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
laper, avaler gloutonnement.
Étymologie: ἐκ, λάπτω.
Spanish (DGE)
apurar, dejar seco ἄμυστιν ἐξέλαψα Ar.Ach.1229, τὸν ζωμὸν αὐτῆς ἐκλάψεται le chupará todo el jugo c. doble sent. obs., Ar.Pax 885.
