ἀπάγχω,
strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 795, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 11] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃ μάλιστά μ᾽ ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, aorist ἀπηγξάμην, and passive, hang oneself, to be hanged, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.131, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 465, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81; ὥστε μ᾽ ἀπάγχεσθ᾽ ] Refs 7th c.BC+]am ready to choke, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.31.] Refs 5th c.BC+]