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