choke

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. ἄγχειν, ἀπάγχειν, Ar. and P. ἀποπνίγειν, πνίγειν.

fill: see fill.

the vast expanse of heaven was choked withal: V. ἐν δ' ἐμεστώθη μέγας αἰθήρ (Sophocles, Antigone 420).

choke up a stream, etc.: P. καταχωννύναι; see silt up.