gasp
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. intrans.
V. ἀσθμαίνειν, φυσιᾶν. Gasp with astonishment: use Ar. κεχηνέναι (2nd perf. act., χάσκειν) . subs. 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., Ag. 1388). I pant out hot breath in gasps unsteadily: V. πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσιʼ οὐ βέβαια (Eur., H.F. 1092). Be at one's last gasp, v.; V. ψυχορραγεῖν. At one's last gasp, adj.: P. and V. θανάσιμος, P. ἐπιθάνατος, V. ψυχορραγής.
