ῥοφέω

ῥοφ-έω, A. Eu. 264, Ar. V. 906, etc.; also ῥοφάνω (ῥῠφ-), Hp. Morb. 2.12, 19, etc.; ῥοφάω, PMag.Lond. 121.182 (ῥοφωμένην together with ῥοφοῦντι Colot. in Ly. 7 [col. 9]), Sch. T Il. 5.126:—fut. ῥοφήσομαι Ar. V. 814; whence Elmsl. alters ῥοφήσεις into -ήσει in Ach. 278, Eq. 360 (ἐκ-), Pax 716: aor. ἐρρόφησα Hp. Morb. 2.42, Ar. Eq. 51, (ἐπεκ-) ib. 701, (ἀπ-) X. Cyr. 1.3.10:—Pass., aor. part. ῥοφηθείς Nic. Al. 389:—a form ῥῠφέω (Ion. acc. to Phot.) occurs in Hippon. 132; aor. ῥυφῆσαι Ar. Fr. 450; Med. ῥυφήσασθαι Hp. Epid. 7.11:—

• sup greedily up, gulp down, ἀπὸ ζῶντος ῥ. ἐρυθρὸν . . πελανόν A. Eu. 264 (lyr.), cf. Ar. V. 812, 814, etc.; τινος some of a thing, Luc. Lex. 5; ῥοφοῦντα πίνειν ὥσπερ βοῦν X. An. 4.5.32: abs., Ar. Eq. 51, V. 906, 982; of Charybdis, Arist. Mete. 356b15.
• • • 2 drain dry, empty, τρύβλιον Ar. Ach. 278, Eq. 905; so ῥ. ἀρτηρίας, of the poison on the robe of Heracles, S. Tr. 1055.
  • II live on slops, opp. ξηρὸν σιτίον, Hp. VM 6. (Cf. Lat. sorbeo, Lith. srebiù ‘sip’, etc.)

ῥοφέω, schlürfen, schlucken ; ἀπὸ ζῶντος ῥοφεῖν ἐρυθρὸν ἐκ μελέων πέλανον, Aesch. Eum. 254 ; Soph. sagt von dem Gifte des Gewandes der Deianira ἐκ μὲν ἐσχάτας βέβρωκε σάρκας, πνεύμονός τʼ ἀρτηρίας ῥοφεῖ ξυνοικοῦν, Trach. 1055 ; Ar. Ach. 266 u. öfter ; fut. ῥοφήσομαι, Vesp. 814 u. sp.D., wie Nic. Al. 388 ; ῥοφοῦντα πιεῖν ὥσπερ βοῦν, Xen. An. 4.5.22 ; ausschlürfen, ᾠόν, Ephipp. bei Ath. II.58a. Nebenformen sind ῥοφάω, ῥοφάνω, ῥομφάνω, auch ῥυμφάνω, verwandt ῥοιζέω.

ῥοφέω

• • • 1to sup greedily up, gulp down, Aesch., Ar.
    • 2to drain dry, empty, Ar.; so, ῥ. ἀρτηρίας, of the poison on the robe of Hercules, Soph.