συμπνίγω: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=[ῑ], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">press closely</b>, of crowds, τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.42</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τὸ σπέρμα</b> <b class="b2">choke</b> it, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>4.7</span>: metaph., σ. τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>13.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.14</span> :—Pass., δένδρα συμπνιγόμενα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.11.6</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἄνθρακες συμπνίγονται</b> <b class="b2">are damped down</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>96</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Pass., <b class="b2">to be drowned</b>, of the Gadarene swine, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>49</span>.</span>

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