πνοή, ῆς, ἡ,
Epic dialect πνοιή, always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πνοά (see. below); Lyric poetry πνοιά [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.31, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πνέω):— blowing, blast, πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.55, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.839, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 253, 268; πνοιὴ Βορέαο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.697 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:absolutely, blast, breeze, [[ 11.622, 13.590 ] Refs], etc.; ὀλίγη π. a light breeze, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 34.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. βιαία a stiff breeze,[[ [prev. work] 35.4; οἷον π. εἰς ἄλλο 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.23 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially to denote excessive swiftness, ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i.e.swift as, blasts of wind, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.342, etc.; ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο 19.415; ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.148; πέτετο πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.207; ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην 16.149; imitated by 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1396 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], ἅμ᾽ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίη; frequently in Trag., ταχύπτεροι πνοαί [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 88; πνοαὶ δ᾽ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος μολοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ag.” 192 (Lyric poetry), compare 654, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 161, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 392b11, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; blast of bellows, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II breathing hard, panting, of horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.380, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 719 (_plural_). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]