πνῖγος,εος,τό,
A. choking, stifling,of the effects of heat, and sostifling heat,
Hp. VM 16 ,Aër.
10 , Ar. Av. 726 , 1091 , Th. 7.87 , etc.;ἐν ἡλίῳ τε καὶ πνίγει, διὰ καύματός τε καὶ πνίγους,
Pl. R. 422c , 621a ; πνίγους ὄντος τὰ νῦν
Id. Lg. 625b
: in pl., Hp. Epid. 3.2 ; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ πνίγεσιν
Pl. Phlb. 26a
.
II. in the Parabasis of the Att. Comedy, = μακρόν , because spoken at one breath, Sch. Ar. Ach. 659 .