breathe

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

inhale: use P. and V. ἕλκειν.

Met., breathe (words, etc.): see whisper.

verb intransitive

P. and V. πνεῖν, P. ἀναπνεῖν.

be alive: P. and V. ἐμπνεῖν, V. ἔχειν πνοάς.

Met., breathe (slaughter, etc.): V. φυσᾶν (acc.), ἐκπνεῖν (acc.), Ar. and V. πνεῖν (acc.).

breathe forth: see breathe out.

breathe into: P. and V. ἐμπνεῖν (τινί τι).

breathe on: P. and V. ἐμπνεῖν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἐπιπνεῖν (dat.) (Plato).

breathe one's last: P. ἀποψύχειν (Thuc.), V. ἐκπνεῖν, ἐκπνεῖν βίον, ἐκπνεῖν ψυχήν, ἀποψύχειν βίον; see die.

breathe out. verb transitive: P. and V. ἐκπνεῖν.

Met., breathe out (slaughter, etc.): Ar. and V. πνεῖν, V. φυσᾶν, ἐκπνεῖν.