καταπνίγω
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A choke, smother, γόγγρον ἐν ἅλμῃ Sotad.Com.1.21; ὁ ὕπνος κ. τὸ θερμόν Arist.Fr.233; ταῦτα κ. τὰ δένδρα Thphr.CP2.18.3; τὴν αὔξησιν Plu.2.806c; πνεῦμα Nic.Al.286; λύγγας Arist. Pr.962a7:—Pass., to be choked up, of the secretions, ib.967a6; of a fire, opp. ἐγκρύπτω 2, Id.Juv.470a16; καταπεπνιγμένοι τόποι choked up, close, opp. εὐπνούστεροι, Id.Pr.869a35; φωναὶ καταπεπν. stifled utterances, Id.Aud.800a15, cf. Poll.4.114. 2 κ. τὰς φύσας close the bellows, Arist.Resp.474a15.