gasp
From LSJ
χωρίον ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ → a spot where it is not accessible to death, a place where was no point accessible by death, a place where death was forbidden to set foot
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
gasp with astonishment: use Ar. κεχηνέναι (2nd perf. act., χάσκειν).
substantive
shortness of breath: P. δύσπνοια, ἡ (Xen.).
thus he pants out his life in gasps: V. οὕτω τὸν αὑτοῦ θυμὸν ὁρμαίνει (Aesch., Agamemnon 1388).
I pant out hot breath in gasps unsteadily: V. πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσι' οὐ βέβαια (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1092).
be at one's last gasp, v.; V. ψυχορραγεῖν.
at one's last gasp, adj.: P. and V. θανάσιμος, P. ἐπιθάνατος, V. ψυχορραγής.
