κατέπιον

κατέπιον s. καταπίνω.

καταπίνω

gulp: aor ind act 3rd pl

καταπίνω

gulp: aor ind act 1st sg

καταπίνω [pron. full] [ῑ], [tense] fut.

A

- πίομαι Ar.Eq. 693

, later

- πιοῖμαι Plu.Alc.15

: [tense] aor.

κατέπιον IG4.951.102

(Epid.); poet.

κάππιον Hes.Th.p.45

R.: [tense] pf.

- πέπωκα Ar.Av. 1137

:—gulp, swallow down, both of liquids and solids (

οὐδ' 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 ([voice] Pass.); τὸ στόμα [ τῆς γῆς]

- πίεται αὐτούς LXXNu.16.30

:—[voice] Pass., τὸ -ποθὲν ὕδωρ (sc. by the earth) Pl.Criti. 111d; of rivers that disappear underground, Arist.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

.

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

:—[voice] Pass., to be absorbed, of knots in wood, Thphr.HP5.2.2;

τῆς -πεπομένης ὑπ' αὐτοῦ φύσεως Dam.Pr.10

.

b κ. Εὐριπίδην drink in Euripides, i.e. imbibe his spirit, Ar.Ach. 484, Luc.JTr.1:—[voice] Pass.,

τὸ τεχνίον ἀεὶ τοῦτό μοι κατεπίνετο Antid.2.4

.

c swallow, absorb,

τὰς τέχνας Chrysipp.Stoic.2.257

([voice] Pass.); but, swallow one's 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.

καταπίνω fut. καταπίομαι (LXX; En 101:5); 2 aor. κατέπιον. Pass.: 1 aor. κατεπόθην; pf. 3 sg. καταπέποται (AcPlCor 2:29) (s. πίνω; Hes., Hdt.+; Ion of Chios Fgm. 31 L. of Heracles’ voracious appetite) in our lit. freq. in imagery, used both of liquids and solids

① to drink down, swallow, swallow up τὶ someth., in imagery (of the earth, that drinks up water Pla., Critias 111d; Diod S 1, 32, 4) ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς καὶ κατέπιεν τὸν ποταμόν Rv 12:16 (Philostephanus Hist. [III B.C.], Fgm. 23 [ed. CMüller III 1849 p. 32 ποταμὸς ὑπὸ γῆς καταπίνεται; Simplicius in Epict. p. 95, 35; cp. Num 16:30, 32). Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβιρὼν καὶ Κόρε, πῶς … κατεπόθησαν ἅπαντες GJs 9:2 (cp. Num 16:32). τὴν κάμηλον κ. Mt 23:24 (Just., D. 112, 4; on the camel s. κώνωψ.)

② to destroy completely, in the figure of one devouring or swallowing someth.

ⓐ devour (Hes., Theog. 459 υἱούς. Of animals that devour Tob 6:2; Jon 2:1; Jos., Ant. 2, 246; Ath. 34, 2) Ἰωνᾶς … εἰς κῆτος καταπέποται AcPlCor 2:29; the devil like a lion ζητῶν τίνα καταπιεῖν 1 Pt 5:8 (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 69 ὁ λέων καταπίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον).

ⓑ of water, waves, swallow up (Polyb. 2, 41, 7 πόλις καταποθεῖσα ὑπὸ τ. θαλάσσης; Diod S 18, 35, 6; 26, 8; En 101:5; Philo, Virt. 201) pass. be drowned (Ex 15:4 v.l. κατεπόθησαν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ) Hb 11:29.—Transferred to mental and spiritual states (cp. Philo, Gig. 13, Deus Imm. 181) μή πως τ. περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ so that he may not be overwhelmed by extreme sorrow 2 Cor 2:7 (TestAbr B 12 p. 117, 4 [Stone p. 82]).

③ to cause the end of someth., swallow up fig. (cp. PGM 12, 44 κατέπιεν ὁ οὐρανός; Ps 106:27; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 230; TestJud 21:7) pass. τὸ θνητὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς what is mortal may be swallowed up in life 2 Cor 5:4. ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος death has been swallowed up in victory (after Is 25:8; s. also κέντρον 1 and ARahlfs, ZNW 20, 1921, 183f) 1 Cor 15:54.—M-M. TW.