πνιγηρός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν, (πνίγω)

   A choking, stifling, whether by throttling or heat, Ar.Ra.122 (with play on both senses); π. καλύβαι Th.2.52; [γῆ] ἐν κοίλῳ καὶ π. Hp.Aër.1; χωρία ib.24; σκηνώματα Plu.Per.34; νύκτες Arist.Pr.939b9 (Comp.); ὥρα D.H.8.89.

German (Pape)

[Seite 641] stickend, erstickend, zum Ersticken heiß, eng; ὁδὸς εἰς Ἅιδου, durch Erhängen, Ar. Ran. 122; ἐν καλύβαις πνιγηραῖς ὥρᾳ ἔτους διαιτᾶσθαι, Thuc. 7, 49; οἰκήματα, Philostr. u. a. Sp.