ἄγχω,
future ἄγξω[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 638, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 22.1: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 infinitive ἄγξαι variant for {ἄξαι} [[ LXX.4Mac.9.17] LXX], (ἀπ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 796:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle and passive (see. below) only in present:—squeeze, especially the throat, ἄγχε μιν ἱμὰς ὑπὸ δειρήν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.371] Refs 8th c.BC+]; embrace, μὴ θέλουσαν[[ “Anacreontea” 57.22, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.18] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; hug, in wrestling, [[ [prev. author] 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 1, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.40.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.6 (_passive_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; strangle, throttle, τοὺς πατέρας ἦγχον νύκτωρ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1039, compare “Ec.” 638, 640; τὸν Κέρβερον ἀπῇζας ἄγχων [prev. author] “Ra.” 468, compare “Av.” 1575; κἂν ταῦρον ἄγχοις [prev. author] “Lys.” 81, compare 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.20, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.106, “APl.” 4.90; ἐν χαλινῷ τὰς σιαγόνας ἄ. LXX.Psa.31(32).9] LXX+5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of pressing creditors, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 775, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32; ψυχὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ σώματος ἀγχομένη “Corpus Hermeticum” 10.24 compare 7.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a guilty conscience, τοῦτο.. ἄγχει, σιωπᾶν ποιεῖ[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.208] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, strangle oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.68] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.46, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.59, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.125] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be drowned, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παρθενίων” 1.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Not in Trag.