ἀποπνίγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ],<br><span class="bld">A</span>fut. ἀποπνίξω Pl. Com.198, Antiph.171: aor. inf. ἀποπνεῖξαι ''GDI''2171.18 (Delph., i B. C.):—[[choke]], [[throttle]], Hdt.2.169,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp.''Morb.Sacr.''9; τοὺς πατέρας τ' ἦγχον . . καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον Ar.''V.''1039; [[suffocate]], Id.''Eq.''893; of plants, [[choke]], ''Ev.Matt''. 13.7, ''Ev.Luc.'' 8.7:—Pass., fut. ἀποπνῐγήσομαι Ar.''Nu.''1504; also [[ἀποπεπνίξομαι]] Eun.''VS''p.463 B.: aor. I ἀπεπνίχθην Aret.''SA''1.7: aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (v. infr.): pf. part. [[ἀποπεπνιγμένος]] Hdt.4.72:—to [[be choked]], [[be suffocated]], τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη Pherecr.159, cf.Alex. 266; to [[be drowned]], Democr.172, D.32.6, Aesop.352.—fig. [[choke with laughter]], ἐφ' οἷς ἔγωγ' [[ἀποπνίγομαι]] = I [[choke]] with [[laughter]] at these [[explanation]]s D.19.199.<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[cut off]], [[kill]], λιμῷ τινα Aret.''CA''1.9:—Pass., πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάνει Procop.''Arc.''26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[choke one with vexation]], ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph. [[l.c.]]; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσ' ἀποπνίγεις Call.''Iamb.'' 1.300:—Pass., to [[be choked with rage]], ἐπί τινι, at a thing, D.19.199, cf. Alex.16.7; πρός τι Lib.''Or.''63.15.