drain (v.) Copy link Outline I. To draw off the water from land1. sicco, 12. incilibus ductis humorem ex agris derivareII. To drink off at a draught1. haurio, si, stum, 42. exhaurio, 43. exsicco, 14. ēbĭbo, 3 • drain (v.): I. To draw off the water from land: 1. sicco, 1: to d. marshes, paludes s., Cic. 2. incilibus ductis humorem ex agris derivare: v. preced. art.: paludis collectum humorem deducere, Virg. G. 1, 114. II. To drink off at a draught: 1. haurio, si, stum, 4: to d. the foaming bowl, spumantem pateram h., Virg. 2. exhaurio, 4: to d. a cup, poculum ex., Cic. Fig.: to d. the treasury, aerarium ex., Cic.: to d. the cup of wretchedness to the dregs, *miserias ex. (Liv. has ex. labores, 21, 21). 3. exsicco, 1: flagons d.'d dry, lagenae exsiccatae, Q. Cic.: to d. golden goblets of wine, aureis ex. vina culullis, Hor. 4. ēbĭbo, 3: v. to drink.