I.to draw or pull down, κ. τὰς νῆας to haul ships down to the sea, Hdt.; κ. σημεῖα to pull the flags down (in token of defeat), Thuc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου Xen.
II.to quaff or swallow down, Lat. deglutire, Ar.
Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.
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