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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]], ''[[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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Latest revision as of 13:30, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
gasp with astonishment: use Ar. κεχηνέναι (2nd perf. act., χάσκειν).
substantive
shortness of breath: P. δύσπνοια, ἡ (Xen.).
thus he pants out his life in gasps: V. οὕτω τὸν αὑτοῦ θυμὸν ὁρμαίνει (Aesch., Agamemnon 1388).
I pant out hot breath in gasps unsteadily: V. πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσι' οὐ βέβαια (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1092).
be at one's last gasp, v.; V. ψυχορραγεῖν.
at one's last gasp, adj.: P. and V. θανάσιμος, P. ἐπιθάνατος, V. ψυχορραγής.
