swallow

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.