ἀσπαίρω
ἀσπαίρω, impf.
ἤσπαιρον, Ion. and Ep.
A). ἀσπαίρεσκον Q.S. 11.104 :(
ἀ- euph.,
σπαίρω):—
pant, gasp, struggle, in
Hom. always of the dying (so
κραδίη ἀσπαίρουσα must be taken,
Il. 13.443 ),
περὶ δουρὶ ἤσπαιρ’ ὡς ὅτε βοῦς κτλ. ib.
571 ;
ζωὸν ἔτ’ ἀσπαίροντα 12.203 , cf.
Od. 19.229 ,
A. Pers. 977 (lyr.),
E. IA 1587 ;
νεκροὶ -οντες Antipho 2.4.5 ;
ἀ. ἄνω κάτω E. El. 843 ; of an infant,
Hdt. 1.111 ; of fish taken out of the water,
Id. 9.120 ,
Babr. 6.5 :—but in
Hdt. 8.5 Ἀδείμαντος ἤσπαιρε μοῦνος was the only one who still
made a struggle, resisted;
ἐβόων τε καὶ ἤσπαιρον D.H. 7.25 .—Poet. and Ion. word.
ShortDef
to pant, gasp, struggle convulsively
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀσπαίρω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ασπαιρω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-16344
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀσπαίρω</span>, impf. <span class="foreign greek">ἤσπαιρον,</span> Ion. and Ep. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἀσπαίρεσκον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 11.104 </a> :(<span class="foreign greek">ἀ-</span> euph., <span class="foreign greek">σπαίρω</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pant, gasp, struggle,</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> always of the dying (so <span class="foreign greek">κραδίη ἀσπαίρουσα</span> must be taken, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.443 </a>), <span class="foreign greek">περὶ δουρὶ ἤσπαιρ’ ὡς ὅτε βοῦς κτλ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:571" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:571/canonical-url/"> 571 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ζωὸν ἔτ’ ἀσπαίροντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.203/canonical-url/"> 12.203 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.229/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.229 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:977" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:977/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 977 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1587" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1587/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1587 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νεκροὶ -οντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 2.4.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ἄνω κάτω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:843" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:843/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 843 </a> ; of an infant, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.111 </a>; of fish taken out of the water, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 9.120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:6:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:6.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Babr.</span> 6.5 </a>:—but in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.5 </a> <span class="foreign greek">Ἀδείμαντος ἤσπαιρε μοῦνος</span> was the only one who still <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">made a struggle, resisted</span>; <span class="quote greek">ἐβόων τε καὶ ἤσπαιρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:7:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:7.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 7.25 </a> .—Poet. and Ion. word.</div> </div><br><br>'}