καταπίνω

katapino

gulp, swallow down

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 7
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Book VIII 5
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592a30

Chapter 4 594a4–24

594a17
594a20

Chapter 5 594a25–595a6

594b19

Chapter 26 605a23–605b5

605a26
Book IX 2
Chapter 10 614b18–30

614b27

Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621a13
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 14 831b10–13

831b11
Chapter 66 835a27–29

835a28
Chapter 86 837a12–23

837a22
Meteorology 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

351a1
351a16
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

690b31
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18

1407a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταπίνω [ῑ], fut. -πίομαι Ar. 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:—A. gulp, swallow down, both of liquids and solids (οὐδʼ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἦν πάντως τὸ πίνειν Ph. 1.478), τοὺς μὲν κατέπινε Κρόνος (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.); τὸ στόμα [τῆς γῆς] -πίεται αὐτούς LXXNu. 16.30:—Pass., τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ (sc. by the earth) Pl. Criti. 111d; of rivers that disappear underground, Arist. Mete. 351a1; ὑφʼ ἅμμου D.S. 1.32; of cities swallowed by an earthquake, Str. 1.3.17; πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης Plb. 2.41.7. 2. abs., swallow, μόλις καταπίνειν δύνηται Hp. Aph. 4.35, cf. Gal. Nat.Fac. 3.6. II. metaph., τὸν ἡμίοπον ὁ μέγας [αὐλὸς] κ. A. Fr. 91; καταπιοῦνται ὑμᾶς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι Plu. Alc. 15:—Pass., to be absorbed, of knots in wood, Thphr. HP 5.2.2; τῆς -πεπομένης ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ φύσεως Dam. Pr. 10. b. κ. Εὐριπίδην drink in Euripides, i.e. imbibe his spirit, Ar. Ach. 484, Luc. JTr. 1:—Pass., τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο Antid. 2.4. c. swallow, absorb, τὰς τέχνας Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.257 (Pass.); but, swallow oneʼs anger, ib.242. 2. swallow up, consume, [the robe] ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως Ar. V. 1147; ὁ δικαστὴς αὐτὰ [the revenue] καταπίνει μόνος Id. Ra. 1466; τὸν ναύκληρον αὐτῷ σκάφει κ. Anaxil. 22.19; τι Men. Epit. 151. 3. spend, waste in tippling, [τὴν οὐσίαν] οὐ μόνον κατέφαγεν, ἀλλὰ . . καὶ κατέπιεν Aeschin. 1.96, cf. D.C. 45.28.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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