A.drink before or first, opp. μεταπίνω, Hp.Acut.56 (Pass.), Thphr.Od.48 (Pass.), Luc.Sat.18, Ath.4.156e.
2. take a snack before dinner, Mart.5.78.3.
3. drink up, drain dry, “ὅκως ἄμυστιν προπίω” Anacr.63.3: metaph., ψυχὰν τὰν ἐν ἐμοὶ π. drink it in, AP5.170 (Mel.):—Pass., “ἡ προποθεῖσα κύλιξ” Call.Epigr.37.
II. drink to another, i.e. to his health, pledge him (cf. Ath.5.193a, 10.432d), “φιάλαν . . δωρήσεται . . γαμβρῷ π.” Pi.O.7.4; “ᾧ προπιεῖν ἐθέλει” Critias Fr.6.8 D., cf. 33 D.; “π. σοι” X.An.7.3.26; also “π. φιλοτησίας τινί” D. 19.128, cf. Alex.291; “προπινομένη ποίησις” Dionys.Eleg.1.
2. make a present of the cup to the person pledged, [“ἔκπωμα χρυσοῦν] σοι μεστὸν ἀκράτου προπίομαι” Plu.Alex.39; “τὰ ἐκπώματα . . ἐμπιμπλὰς προὔπινε καὶ ἐδωρεῖτο” X.Cyr.8.3.35, cf. Sch.Pi.l.c.: hence,
3. simply, give freely, make a present of, Anacr.66; “ἄλλα τε πολλὰ . . , καὶ ἐκπώματ᾽ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ προὔπινεν αὐτοῖς” D.19.139; π. τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Φιλίππῳ make liberty a drinking-present to Philip, give it carelessly to him, Id.18.296; sacrifice one's friends, A.Fr. 131 (anap.), E.Rh.405, PLond.3.887.5 (iii B.C.); “τούτῳ προέπιεν ὁ βασιλεὺς κώμην τινά” Steph.Com.1.1; “π. αὐτοῖς τὰς πατρίδας” Plu.Arat. 14; “αὐτῇ πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μυριάδας ἀργυρίου” Id.Galb.17; “π. σοὶ ἄνδρα Ἕλληνα” Philostr.VA3.28: c. gen. pretii, προπέποται τῆς παραυτίχ᾽ ἡδονῆς καὶ χάριτος τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα the interests of the state have been sacrificed for mere present pleasure, D.3.22, cf. App.BC2.143 (v.l.).
