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πνίγω
πνίγω to choke, throttle, strangle, Plat.; proverb., ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγηι, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, why should one drink more? Arist.:—Pass. to be choked, stifled, Ar.: to be drowned, Xen. metaph. to vex, torment, Luc. to cook in a close-covered vessel, to stew, Hdt., Ar.

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to choke, throttle, strangle

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πνίγω to choke, throttle, strangle, Plat.; proverb., ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγηι, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, why should one drink more? Arist.:—Pass. to be choked, stifled, Ar.: to be drowned, Xen. metaph. to vex, torment, Luc. to cook in a close-covered vessel, to stew, Hdt., Ar.
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26472
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26504
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pni/gw

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