συμπνίγω [ῑ],
press closely, of crowds, τινα [[ NT.Luke.8.42 ] NT]; σ. τὸ σπέρμα choke it, [[ NT.Mark.4.7: _metaphorically_, σ. τὸν λόγον NT.Matt.13.22, cf. NT.Luke.8.14 ] NT]:—passive, δένδρα συμπνιγόμενα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄνθρακες συμπνίγονται are damped down, [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 96. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in passive, to be drowned, of the Gadarene swine, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 49. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]