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===verb intransitive===

[[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθμαίνειν]], [[φυσιᾶν]].

[[gasp with astonishment]]: use [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[κεχηνέναι]] (2nd perf. act., [[χάσκειν]]).

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἆσθμα]], τό.

[[shortness of breath]]: [[prose|P.]] [[δύσπνοια]], ἡ ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).

[[thus he pants out his life in gasps]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὕτω τὸν αὑτοῦ θυμὸν ὁρμαίνει]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Agamemnon]]'' 1388).

[[I pant out hot breath in gasps unsteadily]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσι' οὐ βέβαια]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Hercules Furens]]'' 1092).

[[be at one's last gasp]], v.; [[verse|V.]] [[ψυχορραγεῖν]].

[[at one's last gasp]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θανάσιμος]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιθάνατος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ψυχορραγής]].
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