ἀπάγχω
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
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)
Spanish (DGE)
1 estrangular, ahogar, ahorcar νεβρόν Od.19.230, γαλῆν Ar.Pax 795, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς καὶ τὰ τέκνα Plb.16.34.9, τὰ νήπια τῶν τέκνων Plu.Mar.27, ἑαυτόν Luc.Lex.11, en v. pas., Hp.Aph.2.43
•en v. med. ahorcarse ἄξιον Ἐφεσίοις ... ἀπάγξασθαι Heraclit.B 121, ἡ παῖς ἀπήγξατο ὑπὸ ἄχεος Hdt.2.131, ἐκ τῶν δένδρων τινὲς ἀπήγχοντο Th.3.81, οὐκ ἀπάγξομαι τάχυ; ¿no me colgaré enseguida? Men.Sam.91, cf. A.Supp.465, And.Myst.125, Philem.130, Arist.Pr.955a8, Phld.Mort.38.37, Plu.2.10c, Artem.2.50, Arr.Epict.2.20.31, LXX 2Re.17.23, To.3.10.
2 sofocar, irritar ὃ μάλιστα μ' ἀπάγχει Ar.V.686
•en v. med. angustiarse ὥστε μ' ἀπάγχεσθαι Ar.Nu.988
•fig. maltratar en v. pas. σὺ γὰρ δὴ παρὰ φίλων ἀπάγχεαι Archil.211.8.
3 v. Ἀπαγχομένη y Ἀπαγχόμενος.
English (Thayer)
(cf. Latin angustus, anxius, English anguish, etc.; Curtius, § 166): 1st aorist middle ἀπηγξαμην; to throttle, strangle, in order to put out of the way (ἀπό away, cf. ἀποκτείνω to kill off), Homer, Odyssey 19,230; middle to hang oneself, to end one's life by hanging: Aeschylus down.)
