ἀσθμαίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[breathe hard]]: used by Hom. in pres. part., [[panting]], as after running, τὼ δ' ἀσθμαίνοντε κιχήτην <span class="bibl">Il.10.376</span>; [[gasping for breath]], of one dying, ὅ γ' ἀσθμαίνων . . ἔκπεσε δίφρου <span class="bibl">5.585</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.496</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.48</span>: pres. ind., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>905b33</span>: impf., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>5.4</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἀσθμαίνων</b> without an [[effort]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>651</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τι</b> [[pant for]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Hld.4.3</span>: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. πυρὸς δριμεῖαν ὁμοκλήν <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.14</span>.