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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.

ShortDef

to choke, throttle, strangle

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Headword:

πνίγω

Headword (normalized):

πνίγω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

πνιγω

IDX:

26472

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26504

Key:

pni/gw

Data

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