συμπνίγω
From LSJ
κορυδός ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται → a lark sings amid the songless | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A press closely, of crowds, τινα Ev.Luc.8.42; σ. τὸ σπέρμα choke it, Ev.Marc.4.7: metaph., σ. τὸν λόγον Ev.Matt.13.22, cf. Ev.Luc.8.14 :—Pass., δένδρα συμπνιγόμενα Thphr.CP6.11.6; οἱ ἄνθρακες συμπνίγονται are damped down, Sch.Ar.Nu.96. 2 in Pass., to be drowned, of the Gadarene swine, Porph.Chr.49.
German (Pape)
[Seite 988] (s. πνίγω), durch Zusammendrücken ersticken, erwürgen, auch allgemeiner, bedrängen, Sp.
