ῥοφέω

A. 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 ῥυφέω (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.)