A.gulp down, “ἐμπίδας” Ar.Av.245 (lyr.), cf. Sophr.64; [ἄλφιτα] Nicocl.2; of liquids, Xenarch.9 codd. Ath., Arist.HA593a21; 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.HA595a10: metaph., “σευ τὸ ὥριον τέφρη κάψει” Herod.1.38. (Cogn. with Lat. capio, Germ. haben, Heft.)
κάπτω , fut. κάψω (v. infr.),