choke, throttle,
ἀποπνίγω [ῑ],fut.
A.
-πνίξω
Pl.
Com. 198 , Antiph. 171 :aor. inf.
ἀποπνεῖξαι
GDI 2171.18
(Delph.,i B. C.):—choke, throttle,
Hdt. 2.169 ,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς
Hp. Morb.Sacr. 9
; τοὺς πατέρας τ' ἦγχον . . καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον
Ar. V. 1039
;suffocate,
Id. Eq. 893 ; of plants,choke, Ev. Matt.
13.7 , Ev.Luc. 8.7 :— Pass. ,fut.
-πνῐγήσομαι
Ar. Nu. 1504
; also -πεπνίξομαι
Eun. VS p.463
B. :aor.I ἀπεπνίχθην
Aret. SA 1.7
:aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (v. infr.):pf. part.
-πεπνιγμένος
Hdt. 4.72
:—to bechoked, suffocated,
τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη
Pherecr. 159
, cf. Alex. 266 ;to be drowned,
Democr. 172 , D. 32.6 , Aesop. 352 .
b. generally,cut off, kill,
λιμῷ τινα
Aret. CA 1.9
:— Pass. , πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάϝει
Procop. Arc. 26
.
2. metaph.,choke one with vexation,
ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν
Antiph.
l.c.; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦς' ἀποπνίγεις
Call. Iamb. 1.300
:— Pass. ,to be choked with rage, ἐπί τινι ata thing, D. 19.199 , cf. Alex. 16.7 ; πρός τι
Lib. Or. 63.15
.
