The corpus record

ἐκ-πνέω

ekpneo

breathe out

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 21 · 34.57/10k
Orestes 3 · 3.06/10k
Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκ-πνέω · ek-pneō — LSJ

breathe out, forth

breathe out or forth, κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα A. Pr. 361; ἐ. ἀράς τινι E. Ph. 876; ἐ. θυμόν Id. Ba. 620 : abs., Emp. 100.1, Pl. Phd. 112b, Arist. HA 492b6.

2 breathe oneʼs last, expire, lose power, lose lustre

βίον ἐ. breathe oneʼs last, expire, A. Ag. 1493 (lyr.), E. Hel. 142; ἐ. ψυχήν Id. Or. 1163; alone, ὑφʼ οὗ φονέως ἄρʼ ἐξέπνευσας S. Aj. 1026; πρός τινος E. HF 886 (anap.) : abs., Id. Hyps.Fr. 60i38, Parth. 4.6 : metaph., lose power, Gp. 15.1.28; lose lustre, of pearls, PHolm. 10.18.

3 lose breath

lose breath, of a runner, Arist. Rh. 1409a32.

II cease blowing, become calm

abs., cease blowing, become calm, [ὁ δῆμος] ἴσως ἂν ἐκπνεύσειε E. Or. 700; τὰ κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκπέπνευκε καὶ λελώφηκεν Sch. Ar. Pax 942.

2 blow out, outwards, burst out, blow

blow out or outwards, of a wind, ἔσωθεν ἐ. Hdt. 7.36; ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου Th. 2.84, cf. 6.104; burst out, σμικροῦ νέφους..ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών S. Aj. 1148; but simply, blow, of wind, Arist. Mete. 365a4, Pr. 947a31.

In the wild

ἐκπνέων · ekpneōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1492–1493
ἐκπνέων · ekpneōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1516–1517
ἐκπνέων · ekpneōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 360–362
ἐκπνέουσι · ekpneousi Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 13)
ἐκπνεῖν · ekpnein Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 14)
ἐκπνεῖν · ekpnein Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 14)

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