gasp

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verb intransitive

V. ἀσθμαίνειν, φυσιᾶν.

gasp with astonishment: use Ar. κεχηνέναι (2nd perf. act., χάσκειν).

substantive

P. and V. ἆσθμα, τό.

shortness of breath: P. δύσπνοια, ἡ (Xen.).

thus he pants out his life in gasps: V. οὕτω τὸν αὑτοῦ θυμὸν ὁρμαίνει (Aesch., Agamemnon 1388).

I pant out hot breath in gasps unsteadily: V. πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσι' οὐ βέβαια (Eur., Hercules Furens 1092).

be at one's last gasp, v.; V. ψυχορραγεῖν.

at one's last gasp, adj.: P. and V. θανάσιμος, P. ἐπιθάνατος, V. ψυχορραγής.