κάπτω

A. gulp down, ἐμπίδας Ar. Av. 245 (lyr.), cf. Sophr. 64; [ἄλφιτα] Nicocl. 2; of liquids, Xenarch. 9 codd. Ath., Arist. HA 593a21; ἀφρόν ib.620a13; κ. αὔρας Eub. 10: c. gen. partit., κ. τῶν θυλημάτων Telecl. 33: abs., ἄχρις ἑσπέρης κ. Herod. 7.41; expressing greater greediness than φαγεῖν, Ar. Ec. 687; ἡ ἄρκτος οὐδὲ σπάσει οὐδὲ λάψει ἀλλὰ κάψει Arist. HA 595a10: metaph., σευ τὸ ὥριον τέφρη κάψει Herod. 1.38. (Cogn. with Lat. capio, Germ. haben, Heft.)