ἀνάπνευσις
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A recovery of breath: respite from, ὀλίγη δέ τ' ἀνάπνευσις πολέμοιο Il.11.801, 16.43. II breathing in, ὕδατος, of fishes, Pl. Ti.92b; inhalation, opp. ἔκπνευσις, Arist.HA492b8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνάπνευσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἀναπνέω) ἀνάκτησις ἀναπνοῆς, ἀνακούρισις, ἀνάπαυλα ἀπό…, ὀλίγη δὲ τ’ ἀνάπνευσις πολέμοιο Ἰλ. Δ. 801, Π. 43, ΙΙ. εἰσπνοή, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 92B· κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ ἔκπνευσις, Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 1. 11, 7.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action de reprendre haleine, de se reposer de.
Étymologie: ἀναπνέω.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἀναπνέω): recovering of breath, respite; πολέμοιο, ‘from fighting.’ (Il.)
