ἐμπνέω,
poetry ἐμ-πνείω, future -πνεύσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 555 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later -πνεύσω [[5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae” 11 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—blow or breathe upon, with dative, πόντῳ [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 508 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one's back, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.502 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a lover, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; κατ᾽ οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.[same place]; ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί [[ [prev. author] “Cyc.” 19 ] Refs]; [αὐλοῖς] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.266 (Antip.): with _accusative_ _cognate_, Χείλεσι μοῦσαν ἐ., of Pan, “APl.” 4.226 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus)] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.67; πνεῦμα -πνεόμενον τῷ αὐλῷ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.54. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 absolutely, breathe in, inhale, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually,
__2.b breathe, live, be alive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 671, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 926, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, ={ἔμψυχα}, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.127; ἐ. τᾷ τέχνᾳ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.777 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of one expiring, βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 883; σμικρὸν ἐμπνέουσ᾽ ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 205; βραχὺν δὴ βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1246. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]