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|Definition=[ῑ], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. -πίομαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''693, later -πιοῖμαι Plu.''Alc.''15: aor. κατέπιον ''IG''4.951.102 (Epid.); ''poet.'' κάππιον Hes.''Th.''p.45 R.: pf. -πέπωκα Ar.''Av.''1137:—[[gulp]], [[swallow down]], both of liquids and solids (οὐδ' ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν Ph.1.478), <b class="b3">τοὺς μὲν κατέπινε Κρόνος</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[υἱούς]]) Hes.''Th.''459, cf. 467, E.''Cyc.''219; ὁ τροχίλος… καταπίνει τὰς βδέλλας Hdt.2.68, cf. 70; τεμάχη Ar.''Nu.''338; [[λίθους]] Id.''Av.'' l. c.; ([[κίχλας]]) Pherecr.108.24; ([[μάζας]]) Telecl.1.5; of the sea, μὴ ναῦν κατὰ κῦμα πίῃ Thgn.680, cf. Arist.''Pr.''931b39 (Pass.); <b class="b3">τὸ στόμα</b> [τῆς γῆς] καταπίεται αὐτούς [[LXX]] ''Nu.''16.30:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ καταποθὲν ὕδωρ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' by the earth) Pl.''Criti.''111d; of rivers [[that disappear underground]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''351a1; ὑφ' ἅμμου D.S.1.32; of cities [[swallowed]] by an earthquake, Str.1.3.17; πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης Plb.2.41.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[swallow]], μόλις καταπίνειν δύνηται Hp.''Aph.'' 4.35, cf. Gal.''Nat.Fac.''3.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας</b> ([[αὐλὸς]]) κ. A.''Fr.''91; καταπιοῦνται ὑμᾶς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι Plu.''Alc.''15:—Pass., to [[be absorbed]], of knots in wood, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 5.2.2; τῆς καταπεπομένης ὑπ' αὐτοῦ φύσεως Dam.''Pr.''10.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">κ. Εὐριπίδην</b> [[drink in]] Euripides, i.e. [[imbibe]] his spirit, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''484, Luc.''JTr.''1:—Pass., τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο Antid.2.4.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[swallow]], [[absorb]], τὰς τέχνας Chrysipp.Stoic.2.257 (Pass.); but, [[swallow]] one's anger, ib.242.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[swallow up]], [[consume]], [the robe] ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως Ar.''V.''1147; <b class="b3">ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ</b> [the revenue] καταπίνει μόνος Id.''Ra.''1466; <b class="b3">τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ.</b> Anaxil.22.19; τι Men. ''Epit.''151.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[spend]], [[waste in tippling]], [τὴν οὐσίαν] οὐ μόνον κατέφαγεν, ἀλλὰ… καὶ κατέπιεν Aeschin.1.96, cf. D.C.45.28.