ἀπεπνίγην

ἀποπνίγω

choke: aor ind pass 3rd pl (epic doric aeolic)

ἀποπνίγω

choke: aor ind pass 1st sg

ἀποπνίγω

choke: aor ind pass 3rd pl (epic doric aeolic)

ἀποπνίγω

choke: aor ind pass 1st sg

ἀπεπνίγην s. ἀποπνίγω.

ἀποπνίγω [ῑ], [tense] fut.

A

- πνίξω Pl.

Com.198, Antiph.171: [tense] aor. inf.

ἀποπνεῖξαι GDI2171.18

(Delph., i B. C.):—choke, throttle, Hdt.2.169,al.;

τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp.Morb.Sacr.9

;

τοὺς πατέρας τ' ἦγχον.. καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον Ar.V. 1039

; suffocate, Id.Eq. 893; of plants, choke, Ev. Matt. 13.7, Ev.Luc. 8.7:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

- πνῐγήσομαι Ar.Nu. 1504

; also

- πεπνίξομαι Eun.VSp.463

B.: [tense] aor. I

ἀπεπνίχθην Aret.SA1.7

: [tense] aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (v. infr.): [tense] pf. part.

- πεπνιγμένος Hdt.4.72

:—to bechoked, suffocated,

τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη Pherecr.159

, cf.Alex. 266; to be drowned, Democr.172, D.32.6, Aesop.352.

b generally, cut off, kill,

λιμῷ τινα Aret.CA1.9

:—[voice] Pass.,

πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάνει Procop.Arc.26

.

2 metaph., choke one with vexation,

ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph.

l.c.;

ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσ' ἀποπνίγεις Call.Iamb. 1.300

:—[voice] Pass., to be choked with rage, ἐπί τινι at a thing, D.19.199, cf. Alex.16.7;

πρός τι Lib.Or.63.15

.

ἀποπνίγω 1 aor. ἀπέπνιξα; 2 aor. pass. ἀπεπνίγην (s. πνίγω; Hdt., Aristoph. et al.; POxy 2111, 29 and 36; LXX) to check normal breathing or growth through pressure or other restricting measure

ⓐ choke trans. (BCH 16, 1892, p. 384 no. 81; Na 2:13; Tob 3:8 BA; TestSol 2:2; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 2 [Stone p. 52]; Jos., Bell. 1, 551) of rank weeds (Theophr.) ἄκανθαι ἀ. αὐτά Mt 13:7 v.l.; Lk 8:7. Pass. intr. sense, of Judas (Ἰούδας) ἐπεβίω καθαιρεθεὶς πρὸ τοῦ ἀποπνιγῆναι Judas (did not die by hanging but) lived on, for he was taken down before he choked to death Papias (3:1, but not in the renderings of mss. egh).

ⓑ drown (Diod S 3, 57, 5; Syntipas p. 19, 4) pass. w. intr. sense ἡ ἀγέλη ἀπεπνίγη the drove drowned Lk 8:33 (cp. Demosth. 32, 6; Epict. 2, 5, 12; Diog. L. 9, 12; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 2).—M-M. TW.