πνίξις

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Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans

Sophocles, Antigone, 332-3

Greek Monolingual

-ίξεως, ἡ, Α πνίγω
1. θανάτωση με ασφυξία, πνίξιμο («τῆς μαράνσεως ἡ διὰ τὸ μὴ ψύχεσθαι φθορὰ καλεῖται πνῑξις», Αριστοτ.)
2. παρασκευή φαγητού σε αεροστεγές δοχείο.