ἀσπαίρω,impf. ἤσπαιρον,
Ion. and Ep.
A.
ἀσπαίρεσκον
Q.S. 11.104
: (ἀ-euph.,σπαίρω):—pant, gasp, struggle,in Hom. always of the dying (soκραδίη ἀσπαίρουσαmust be taken, Il. 13.443 ),περὶ δουρὶ ἤσπαιρ' ὡς ὅτε βοῦς κτλ.ib. 571 ; ζωὸν ἔτ' ἀσπαίροντα
12.203
, cf. Od. 19.229 , A. Pers. 977 (lyr.), E. IA 1587 ; νεκροὶ -οντες
Antipho 2.4.5
; ἀ. ἄνω κάτω
E. El. 843
; of an infant, Hdt. 1.111 ; of fish taken out of the water, Id. 9.120 , Babr. 6.5 :—but in Hdt. 8.5
Ἀδείμαντος ἤσπαιρε μοῦνοςwas the only one who stillmade a struggle, resisted; ἐβόων τε καὶ ἤσπαιρον
D.H. 7.25
.—Poet. and Ion. word.