Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down
choke: Ar. and P. πνίγειν, ἀποπνίγειν.
put down: P. and V. παύειν, Ar. and P. καταλύω, καταλύειν.
put to rest: P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato).