ἀπάγχω

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ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving

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Full diacritics: ἀπάγχω Medium diacritics: ἀπάγχω Low diacritics: απάγχω Capitals: ΑΠΑΓΧΩ
Transliteration A: apánchō Transliteration B: apanchō Transliteration C: apagcho Beta Code: a)pa/gxw

English (LSJ)

   A strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων Od.19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. Ar.Pax795, cf. Plu.Mar.27, Luc.Lex.11; ὃ μάλιστά μ' ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, Ar.V.686:—Med., aor. ἀπηγξάμην, and Pass., hang oneself, to be hanged, Archil.67, Hdt.2.131, Hp.Aph.2.43, A.Supp.465, And.1.125, Philem.130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων Th.3.81; ὥστε μ' ἀπάγχεσθ' am ready to choke, Ar.Nu.988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος Arr.Epict.2.20.31.

German (Pape)

[Seite 274] erdrosseln, Od. 19, 230; übh. quälen, ὃ μάλιστα μ' ἀπάγχει Ar. Vesp. 686. – Med., sich erhenken, Ar. Nub. 975; Andoc. 1, 125; Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 25 u. A.; ἀπάγξασθαι Her. 7, 232; ἀπαγξαίμην Ar. Nub. 776; ἐκ τῶν δένδρων, an den Bäumen, Thuc. 3, 81, wie Aesch. Suppl. 460.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀπάγχω: μέλλ. -άγξω, στραγγαλίζω, πνίγω, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων Ὀδ. Τ. 230· γαλῆν ἀπ. Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 796, πρβλ. Πλουτ. Μάρ. 27, Λουκ. Λεξιφ. 11· ὅ μάλιστά μ’ ἀπάγχει, μὲ πνίγει, μὲ κάμνει νὰ σκάνω, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 686: ― Μέσ. καὶ παθ., ἀπαγχονίζω ἐμαυτόν, ἀπαγχονίζομαι, Ἀρχίλ. 61. Ἡρόδ. 2. 131, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1246, Aἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 465, Ἀνδοκ. 16. 28· ἐκ δένδρων Θουκ. 3. 81· ὥστε μ’ ἀπάγχεσθ’, ἤμην ἕτοιμος νὰ κρεμασθῶ, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 988· ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος Ἀρρ. Ἐπίκτ. 2. 20, 31.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ao. ἀπῆγξα;
étrangler, étouffer;
Moy. ἀπάγχομαι (ao. ἀπηγξάμην) se pendre.
Étymologie: ἀπό, ἄγχω.

English (Autenrieth)

throttle, part., Od. 19.230†.