ἀπάγχω
ἔνθα οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, οὐ λύπη, οὐ στεναγμός, ἀλλὰ ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος → where there is no pain, no sorrow, no sighing, but life everlasting
English (LSJ)
A strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων Od.19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. Ar.Pax795, cf. Plu.Mar.27, Luc.Lex.11; ὃ μάλιστά μ' ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, Ar.V.686:—Med., aor. ἀπηγξάμην, and Pass., hang oneself, to be hanged, Archil.67, Hdt.2.131, Hp.Aph.2.43, A.Supp.465, And.1.125, Philem.130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων Th.3.81; ὥστε μ' ἀπάγχεσθ' am ready to choke, Ar.Nu.988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος Arr.Epict.2.20.31.
German (Pape)
[Seite 274] erdrosseln, Od. 19, 230; übh. quälen, ὃ μάλιστα μ' ἀπάγχει Ar. Vesp. 686. – Med., sich erhenken, Ar. Nub. 975; Andoc. 1, 125; Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 25 u. A.; ἀπάγξασθαι Her. 7, 232; ἀπαγξαίμην Ar. Nub. 776; ἐκ τῶν δένδρων, an den Bäumen, Thuc. 3, 81, wie Aesch. Suppl. 460.
