gasp
From LSJ
ὁ γοῦν κυνικὸς Μένιππος ἁλμοπότιν τὴν Μύνδον φησίν (Athenaios 1.34e) → At any rate the Cynic (satirist) Menippus says that Myndus is a brine-drinking town.
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 (Eur., 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.
