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P. and V. χελῑδών, ἡ (Plat. also Ar.).
subs.
P. and V. χελῑδών, ἡ (Plat. also Ar.).
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v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰπί̄νειν (Eur. Cycl. 219; Plat. Euthy. pp. 6a).
Drink: P. and V. πί̄νειν, ἐμπί̄νειν (Xen. also Ar.).
Swallow greedily: Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν.
Swallow up, waste, devour: P. κατεσθίειν.
Consume: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν, Ar. κᾰτᾰπί̄νειν.
Engulf: P. and V. κᾰτακλύζειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰπί̄νειν (Eur. Cycl. 219; Plat. Euthy. pp. 6a).
Drink: P. and V. πί̄νειν, ἐμπί̄νειν (Xen. also Ar.).
Swallow greedily: Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν.
Swallow up, waste, devour: P. κατεσθίειν.
Consume: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν, Ar. κᾰτᾰπί̄νειν.
Engulf: P. and V. κᾰτακλύζειν.
SWALLOW
s. A bird hirundo: a swallow’s nest nidus hirundineus: swallow-tail (in joinery) securicula (Vitr.); (if double) subscus -udis: swallow-wort *Asclepias vincetoxicum (Linn.).
The throat gula (Plin.): fauces plur. (Cic.).
s. A bird hirundo: a swallow’s nest nidus hirundineus: swallow-tail (in joinery) securicula (Vitr.); (if double) subscus -udis: swallow-wort *Asclepias vincetoxicum (Linn.).
The throat gula (Plin.): fauces plur. (Cic.).
v. glutire (PROP. to gulp down; post-Augustan): absorbere (to take down things dry and liquid): devorare (PROP. to swallow greedily to devour dry food; also figuratively = to put up with it; e.g. molestiam Cic.): exsorbere (figuratively to bear anything or put it with it; e.g. difficultatem Cic.).
swallow (subs.):
I. A bird: hĭrundo, ĭnis, f.: Virg.: Hor. Phr.: a s.'s nest, nidus hirundininus, Pl. Rud. 3, 1, 6: the coming of the s.s, adventus hirundineus, Sid. Ep. 2, 14.
II. The throat: gŭla: gurgŭlio, ōnis, m.: v.THROAT , GULLET .
I. A bird: hĭrundo, ĭnis, f.: Virg.: Hor. Phr.: a s.'s nest, nidus hirundininus, Pl. Rud. 3, 1, 6: the coming of the s.s, adventus hirundineus, Sid. Ep. 2, 14.
II. The throat: gŭla: gurgŭlio, ōnis, m.: v.
swallow (v.):
I. Lit.:
1. glūtio, īvi or ii, ītum, 4: Juv. 4, 29.
2. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: to s. whole, cibos integros h., Col. 8, 17, 11.
3. sorbeo, ui, 2: to s. a raw egg, crudum ovum s., Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 42.
4. dēvŏro, 1: ib.: what is s.'d, id quod devoratur, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135.
5. absorbeo, ui, 2 (to s. greedily): to s. up the cakes, a. placentas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.
6. vŏro, 1: some animals s. down, others masticate their food, (animalium) alia vorant alia mandunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122.
II. Fig.: to s. up, devour:
1. absorbeo, 2: the Ocean seems scarcely able to have s.'d up so much wealth, Oceanus vix videtur tot res abs. potuisse, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.
2. devŏro, 1: let Charybdis s. me up, me Charybdis d., Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 74: the voice is s.'d up and lost, vox devoratur, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270.
3. sorbeo, ui, 2: Virg. Aen. 3, 421.
4. haurio, 4: you have s.'d up all your patrimony by your extravagance, hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, Mart. 9, 83, 4: v.ENGULPH , EXHAUST .
III. To put up with: sorbeo: exsorbeo: devŏro: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9: id. Brut. 67, 236: v.BEAR , ENDURE .
I. Lit.:
1. glūtio, īvi or ii, ītum, 4: Juv. 4, 29.
2. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: to s. whole, cibos integros h., Col. 8, 17, 11.
3. sorbeo, ui, 2: to s. a raw egg, crudum ovum s., Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 42.
4. dēvŏro, 1: ib.: what is s.'d, id quod devoratur, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135.
5. absorbeo, ui, 2 (to s. greedily): to s. up the cakes, a. placentas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.
6. vŏro, 1: some animals s. down, others masticate their food, (animalium) alia vorant alia mandunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122.
II. Fig.: to s. up, devour:
1. absorbeo, 2: the Ocean seems scarcely able to have s.'d up so much wealth, Oceanus vix videtur tot res abs. potuisse, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.
2. devŏro, 1: let Charybdis s. me up, me Charybdis d., Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 74: the voice is s.'d up and lost, vox devoratur, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270.
3. sorbeo, ui, 2: Virg. Aen. 3, 421.
4. haurio, 4: you have s.'d up all your patrimony by your extravagance, hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, Mart. 9, 83, 4: v.
III. To put up with: sorbeo: exsorbeo: devŏro: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9: id. Brut. 67, 236: v.
swallow
Swallow
- Philomela turned into a swallow: Apollod. 3.14.8
- transformation of Philomela and Procne into swallow and nightingale: Paus. 1.41.9
- swallows do not build at Daulis: Paus. 10.4.9