ἄγχω,fut.
A.
ἄγξω
Ar. Ec. 638
, Luc. DMort. 22.1 :aor. 1 inf. ἄγξαι
v.l. for ἄξαι
LXX 4 Ma. 9.17 , (ἀπ-) Ar. Pax 796 :— Med. and Pass. (v. infr.) only inpres.:—squeeze, esp. the throat, ἄγχε μιν ἱμὰς ὑπὸ δειρήν
Il. 3.371
;embrace, μὴ θέλουσαν
Anacreont. 57.22
, cf. Herod. 1.18 ;hug, in wrestling, Id. 2.12 , Luc. Anach. 1 , Paus. 8.40.2 , Philostr. Im. 1.6 ( Pass. );strangle, throttle, τοὺς πατέρας ἦγχον νύκτωρ
Ar. V. 1039
, cf. Ec. 638 , 640 ; τὸν Κέρβερον ἀπῇζας ἄγχων
Id. Ra. 468
, cf. Av. 1575 ; κἂν ταῦρον ἄγχοις
Id. Lys. 81