ἐκπίνω

ekpino

drink out

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9353
9361
Book 10 2
Chapter ?

10237
10318
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2256

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπίνω [ῑ], fut. -πίομαι Amips. 22.2, -πιοῦμαι Arist. Rh. 1393b31 :— Α. drink out or off, quaff liquor, Hom. only in Od., in Ep. aor., [ποτὸν] ἔκπῐεν 9.353 ; ἔκπιον [οἶνον] 10.237 : pf. Pass., ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται 22.56, cf. Hdt. 4.199 ; ἐκπίνουσʼ ἀεὶ ψυχῆς..αἷμα S. El. 785 ; διʼ αἵματʼ ἐκποθένθʼ ὑπὸ χθονός A. Ch. 66 (lyr.); ἐκπίνειν ὑστάτην πόσιν Antipho 1.20 ; also of bugs, ticks, and the like, drain, τὴν ψυχὴν ἐ. Ar. Nu. 712 ; τὸ αἷμα Arist. Rh. 1393b31 :—Pass., σῶμα..ἐξεπόθη IG 14.2002. 2. drain a cup dry, πλῆρες ἐ. κέρας S. Fr. 483 ; μὴ ʼκπιεῖν ἀλλʼ ἢ μίαν (sc. κύλικα) Pherecr. 143.9 ; ὅλην μύσας ἔκπινε Antiph. 3, etc. ; also ὡς ἔχιδνʼ ὑφειμένη λήθουσά μʼ ἐξέπινες S. Ant. 532. 3. metaph., ἐ. ὄλβον E. Hipp.[626] ; τὰ χρήματα Pl.Com. 9 ; ἀγρόν Alciphr. Fr. 6.2. 4. Pass., to be absorbed, Diog.Apoll. 6.

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