Ἀναρροιβδεῖν

to slurp up

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] to suck up.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναρροιβδεῖν· ἀναρροφεῖν.

Betacode

*)anarroibdei=n: a)narrofei=n.

Same or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 12.104-5, where a)narroibdei= (with single or double rho) describes what the whirlpool Charybdis (chi 144) does.