πνίγω
πνίγ-ω [ῑ],
Sophr. 68 , al.,
Antipho 4.1.6 ,
Herod. 4.31 , etc.: impf.
A). ἔπνῑγον Ar. Nu. 1376 : fut.
πνίξω (
ἀπο-)
Pl.Com. 198 ,
Antiph. 171 ; Dor. 2 pl. fut.
πνιξεῖσθε Epich. 155 : aor.
ἔπνιξα, imper.
πνῖξον, Cratin. 27 ,
Hdt. 2.92 ,
Batr. 158 :— Pass., fut.
πνῐγήσομαι Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.17 ,(
ἀπο-)
Ar. Nu. 1504 ,
Hp. Morb. 3.16 ; also
ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι Eun. VS p.463 B.: aor.
ἐπνίχθην (
ἀπ-)
Aret. SA 1.7 ; but
ἐπνίγην [ῐ]
Batr. 148 ,
Aret. SD 1.11 ,(
ἀπ-)
Pherecr. 159 ,
Pl. Grg. 512a ,
D. 32.6 , etc.: pf.
πέπνιγμαι, v. infr.
11 .—The simple verb is less freq. than the compd.
ἀποπνίγω:—
choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.l.c., etc.; of a doctor,
πνίγων .. πικρότατα πόματα διδούς Pl. Grg. 522a ;
ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον]
X. Oec. 17.14 : prov.,
ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; Arist. EN 1146a35 :— Pass.,
to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα Ar. Nu. 1036 ;
αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι Antyll. ap.
Orib. 10.19.1 .
3). metaph.,
vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. Phld. Ir. p.37 W.;
ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει v.l. in
Luc. Prom. 17 ;
oppress by exactions, 'squeeze',
Jul. Mis. 368c .
III). drown (cf.
πνῖξις 11 ), in Pass.,
X. An. 5.7.25 : metaph., of plants,
τὰ φυτὰ .. τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται Plu. 2.9b .
ShortDef
to choke, throttle, strangle
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πνίγω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πνιγω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πνίγ-ω</span> <span class="foreign greek">[ῑ</span>], <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 68 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 4.1.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.31 </a>, etc.: impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἔπνῑγον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1376 </a> : fut. <span class="foreign greek">πνίξω </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἀπο-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 198 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 171 </a>; Dor. 2 pl. fut. <span class="quote greek">πνιξεῖσθε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 155 </a> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἔπνιξα,</span> imper. <span class="foreign greek">πνῖξον,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 27 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.92 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 158 </a>:— Pass., fut. <span class="quote greek">πνῐγήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.Fac.</span> 1.17 </a> ,(<span class="etym greek">ἀπο-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1504" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1504/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1504 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 3.16 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg001:p.463" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg001:p.463/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> p.463 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span></span>: aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπνίχθην </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἀπ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SA</span> 1.7 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">ἐπνίγην [ῐ</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:148/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 148 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SD</span> 1.11 </a>,(<span class="etym greek">ἀπ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 159 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:512a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:512a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 512a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg032.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg032.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 32.6 </a>, etc.: pf. <span class="foreign greek">πέπνιγμαι,</span> v. infr.<span class="bibl"> 11 </span>.—The simple verb is less freq. than the compd. <span class="foreign greek">ἀποπνίγω</span>:— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">choke, throttle, strangle,</span> Sophr.l.c., etc.; of a doctor, <span class="quote greek">πνίγων .. πικρότατα πόματα διδούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:522a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:522a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 522a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:17:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:17.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 17.14 </a>: prov., <span class="quote greek">ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1146a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1146a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1146a35 </a> :— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be choked, stifled,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1036" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1036/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1036 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antyll.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:10:19:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:10:19:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 10.19.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> impers. <span class="foreign greek">πνίγει,</span> of great heat, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is stifling,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:941b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:941b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 941b4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:944a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:944a.7/canonical-url/"> 944a7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vex, torment,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ir.</span> p.37 </span> W.; <span class="foreign greek">ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg020:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg020:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prom.</span> 17 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oppress</span> by exactions, \'squeeze\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg012:368c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg012:368c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mis.</span> 368c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.92 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δικίδιον .. ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:511/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 511 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πεπνιγμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Metag.</span> 6 </a> . <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:9/canonical-url/"> 9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drown</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">πνῖξις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0475.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ), in Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.7.25 </a>: metaph., of plants, <span class="quote greek">τὰ φυτὰ .. τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.9b </span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}