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ἀναπνέω

anapneo

take breath

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 71 · 116.89/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 11 · 14.08/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 2 · 6.73/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Meditations 5 · 1.72/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 7 · 1.26/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀναπνέω · anapneō — LSJ

take breath, enjoy a respite, recover from, recovered, revive

take breath, στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε Il. 22.222: more commonly c. gen., enjoy a respite, recover from, ἀνέπνευσαν κακότητος 11.382; ὥς κε . . ἀναπνεύσωσι πόνοιο 15.235; τῆς νόσου S. Aj. 274; ἀ. ἐκ τῆς ναυηγίης Hdt. 8.12; ἐκ καμάτων IG 14.14 (Syrac.); ἀνέπνευσα ἐκ σέθεν by the help I recovered, S. OT 1221: c. part., ἀ. τειρόμενοι Il. 16.42; ἐς τεῖχος ἀλέντες 21.534: abs., revive, X. An. 4.1.22, D. 18.195.

2 revive, burn up again

πυρεῖα ἀ. revive, burn up again, Thphr. HP 5.9.6.

II draw breath, gather breath

draw breath, ἀ. πάντα καὶ ἐκπνεῖ Emp. 100, cf. Pl. Phd. 112b, etc.; ἀ. πυκνά Hp. Mul. 2.203; gather breath before a race, Pi. N. 8.19: metaph., ἀ. οὐχ ἅπαντες ἐπὶ ἴσα ib. 7.5.

2 draw breath from, inhale

c. acc., draw breath from, inhale, τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρχήν Dam. Pr. 8:—Pass., τὸν ἀναπνεόμενον ἀέρα Corn. ND 32.

III breathe forth, send forth, breathe, exhale an odour

breathe forth, send forth, c. acc. cogn., ἀμπνεῦσαι καπνόν Pi. O. 8.36; πυρὸς σέλας ἀμπνείεσκον A.R. 3.231; ἀ. ὑάκινθον breathe hyacinth, Pherecr. 131.2: abs., exhale an odour, Thphr. Od. 69: impers., ἡδὺ ἀναπνεῖ τῶν φυτῶν Philostr. Her.Prooem. 2: metaph., ἀ. χρησμούς Id. VS 1.18.3.

of vapour, ἀϋτμὴ ἀ. μυχοῖο A.R. 2.737

IV breathe

causal, ἀ. τὸν ἵππον breathe the horse, Hld. 8.14.

In the wild

ἀναπνεῖν · anapnein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1713)
ἀναπνέον · anapneon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1714)
ἀναπνεῖ · anapnei Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1711)
ἀναπνεῖν · anapnein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1710)
ἀναπνεῖ · anapnei Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1714)
ἀναπνεῖ · anapnei Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1708)

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