συμπνίγω
From LSJ
ὦ πλοῦτε καὶ τυραννὶ καὶ τέχνη τέχνης ὑπερφέρουσα τῷ πολυζήλῳ βίῳ → o wealth, and tyranny, and supreme skill exceedingly envied in life
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.
