ἀπάγχω

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.