ἀποπνίγω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], fut.

   A -πνίξω Pl. Com.198, Antiph.171: aor. inf. ἀποπνεῖξαι GDI2171.18 (Delph., i B. C.):—choke, throttle, Hdt.2.169,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp.Morb.Sacr.9; τοὺς πατέρας τ' ἦγχον . . καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον Ar.V.1039; suffocate, Id.Eq.893; of plants, choke, Ev. Matt. 13.7, Ev.Luc. 8.7:—Pass., fut. -πνῐγήσομαι Ar.Nu.1504; also -πεπνίξομαι Eun.VSp.463 B.: aor. I ἀπεπνίχθην Aret.SA1.7: aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (v. infr.): pf. part. -πεπνιγμένος Hdt.4.72:—to bechoked, suffocated, τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη Pherecr.159, cf.Alex. 266; to be drowned, Democr.172, D.32.6, Aesop.352.    b generally, cut off, kill, λιμῷ τινα Aret.CA1.9:—Pass., πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάνει Procop.Arc.26.    2 metaph., choke one with vexation, ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph. l.c.; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσ' ἀποπνίγεις Call.Iamb. 1.300:—Pass., to be choked with rage, ἐπί τινι at a thing, D.19.199, cf. Alex.16.7; πρός τι Lib.Or.63.15.