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|Definition=poet. [[πνείω]] as always in Hom. exc. <span class="bibl">Od.5.469</span>: fut. [[πνεύσομαι]] (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>886</span> (lyr.), (ἐμ-) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>555</span>, (παρα-) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.133</span>; also <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πνευσοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1221</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>367a13</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">Palaeph.17</span>; πνεύσω <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>32</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>147.7(18)</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Si.</span>43.20</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span> 1.12.34, <span class="title">AP</span>9.112 (Antip.Thess.), (ἀνα-) <span class="bibl">Q.S.13.516</span> (<b class="b3">συμ-πνευσόντων</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">D.18.169</span>): aor. 1 ἔπνευσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>506</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.20</span>, etc., (ἐν-) <span class="bibl">Il.17.456</span>, (ἀν-) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>274</span>: pf. [[πέπνευκα]] (ἐπι-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>262d</span>, (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>904a1</span>:—Pass., fut. [[πνευσθήσομαι]] (δια-) <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.1</span>: aor. [[ἐπνεύσθην]] (δι-) <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.5.6</span>, etc.—Hom. and early Prose writers use the simple Verb only in pres. and impf., to which Trag. add fut. and aor. 1 Act.—For the form [[ἄμπνυε]], v. [[ἀναπνέω]]; for <b class="b3">ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο</b>, v. [[ἄμπνυτο]]; and for pf. Pass. [[πέπνῡμαι]], part. [[πεπνῡμένος]], v. [[πέπνυμαι]].—Like other disyll. Verbs in <b class="b3">-έω</b>, this Verb contracts only εε<b class="b3">, εει;</b> but [[ἐκπνέων]] is disyll. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1493</span>, <span class="bibl">1517</span> (both lyr.):—[[blow]], of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ' οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ' <span class="bibl">Od.4.361</span>; αὔρη δ' ἐκ ποταμοῦ ψυχρὴ πνέει <span class="bibl">5.469</span>; ἐτησίαι… οὐκ ἔπνευσαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.20</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τῷ πνέοντι</b> (sc. [[ἀνέμῳ]] or [[πνεύματι]]) <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Cont.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πνέουσα</b> (sc. [[αὔρα]]) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>27.40</span>; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων <span class="bibl">Poll.4.72</span>; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας <span class="title">AP</span>6.254 (Myrin.); [[πνεῖται]] flutes [[are sounding]], <span class="bibl">Mnesim.4.57</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[breathe]], [[send forth an odour]], ἀμβροσίη… ἡδὺ πνείουσα <span class="bibl">Od.4.446</span>; <b class="b3">π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.75</span>, etc.: abs., Dsc.3.80. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[breathe out]], [[send forth]], Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span> 82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., [[breathe]] or [[smell of]] a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 565</span>; τράγου π. <span class="title">AP</span>11.240 (Lucill.); μόγοιο <span class="bibl">Q.S.6.164</span>; λύθρου καὶ αἵματος <span class="bibl">Id.5.120</span> (<b class="b3">ἐπιπν-</b> codd.): rarely c. dat., μύροισι π. <b class="b2">smell with</b>…, AP5.199: freq. metaph., [[breathe]], [[be redolent of]], Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη <span class="bibl">Simon.184.3</span>; ὄμματα… πόθου πνείοντα <span class="title">AP</span>5.258 (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">φόνου π</b>. cj. in <span class="bibl">Tryph.505</span>; αὐθαδείας πολὺς ἔπνει <span class="bibl">D.H.7.51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ' ὤμων <span class="bibl">Il.13.385</span>; π. ὕπνῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>621</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> generally, [[draw breath]], [[breathe]]: hence, [[live]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.447</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ πνέοντες</b>, = [[οἱ ζῶντες]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1160</span>; ὄλβος ἀεὶ πνεῖ Simm.25.12; ἥμισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> metaph., c. acc. cogn., [[breathe forth]], <b class="b3">μένεα πνείοντες</b> [[breathing]] spirit, epith. of warriors, <span class="bibl">Il.2.536</span>,<span class="bibl">3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">11.508</span>, etc.; so πῦρ π. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>319</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">Fr.</span>146</span>; φόνον δόμοι πνέουσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1309</span>; κότον πνέων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>34</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">951</span> (lyr.); φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>219</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἄρη πνεόντων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">376</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πνέων χάριν τινί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1206</span>; πῦρ πνειόντων… ἄστρων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1146</span> (lyr.); πῦρ π. καὶ φόνον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>288</span>; ὠδῖνας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>862</span>: paratrag. in Com., πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1016</span>; <b class="b3">τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων</b>, of a swift runner, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1121</span>, etc.; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> with neut. Adjs. or Prons., <b class="b3">πνέοντες μεγάλα</b> giving themselves airs, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>189</span>; <b class="b3">τόσονδ' ἔπνευσας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">327</span>; κενεὰ πνεύσαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).93</span>; χαμηλὰ πνέων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>11.30</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ σακέων πνείοντες</b> [[breathing]] over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span> 24</span>; θρασείᾳ πνέων καρδίᾳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.44</span>: with nom., Ἄρης… μέγας πνέων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>323</span>; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός <span class="bibl">D.25.57</span>; οὗτος… καικίας ἢ συκοφαντίας πνεῖ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>437</span>; <b class="b3">ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος</b> on whom [[thou breathest]] not favourably, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>10.3</span>.</span>