ἐκ-πνέω,
Epic dialect ἐκ-πνείω [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.349 ] Refs 4th c.AD+], imperfect -είεσκον [[ [prev. author] 13.148: ] Refs]future -πνεύσομαι or -οῦμαι:— breathe out or forth, κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 361; ἐ. ἀράς τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 876; ἐ. θυμόν [prev. author] “Ba.” 620: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 112b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492b6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 βίον ἐ. breathe one's last, expire, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1493 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 142; ἐ. ψυχήν [prev. author] “Or.” 1163; alone, ὑφ᾽ οὗ φονέως ἄρ᾽ ἐξέπνευσας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1026; πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 886 (_anapaest meter_): _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Hyps.fragment” 60i38, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 4.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, lose power, [[ Gp. 15.1.28 ] Refs]; lose lustre, of pearls, [[ “PHolm.” 10.18. ] Refs]
__3 lose breath, of a runner, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409a32. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, cease blowing, become calm, [ὁ δῆμος] ἴσως ἂν ἐκπνεύσειε [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 700 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκπέπνευκε καὶ λελώφηκεν [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 942. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 blow out or outwards, of a wind, ἔσωθεν ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36; ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.84, compare 6.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; burst out, σμικροῦ νέφους..ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1148 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but simply, blow, of wind, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 365a4, “Pr.” 947a31. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]