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ῥοφέω

ῥοφέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥοφάνω (rhophánō)
  • ῥοφάω (rhopháō)
  • ῥῠφάνω (rhuphánō)
  • ῥῠφέω (rhuphéō)

Verb

ῥοφέω (rhophéō)

  1. I slurp, gulp down
    • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 51
      ὡς οὐκ ἀγαθόν ἐστι τὸ ῥοφεῖν.
      Have I then done wrong to eat!
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.32
      ῥοφοῦντα πίνειν ὥσπερ βοῦν
      slurping like an ox
    1. I drain dry, empty
      • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 278
        ἕωθεν εἰρήνης ῥοφήσει τρύβλιον
        we shall tomorrow consume a dish in honour of the peace
  2. I live on slops

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰρροφέω (anarrhophéō)
  • ἀπορροφέω (aporrhophéō)
  • ἐκροφέω (ekrophéō)
  • ἐπῐροφέω (epirophéō)
  • κᾰτᾰρροφέω (katarrhophéō)

Related terms

  • ῥόφημᾰ (rhóphēma)
  • ῥόφησῐς (rhóphēsis)
  • ῥοφητῐκός (rhophētikós)
  • ῥοφητός (rhophētós)

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