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κατα-πνίγω

katapnigo

choke, smother

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Where it lives

De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 2 · 10.88/10k

What it meant

κατα-πνίγω · kata-pnigō — LSJ

choke, smother, to be choked up, choked up, close, stifled

choke, smother, γόγγρον ἐν ἅλμῃ Sotad.Com. 1.21; ὁ ὕπνος κ. τὸ θερμόν Arist. Fr. 233; ταῦτα κ. τὰ δένδρα Thphr. CP 2.18.3; τὴν αὔξησιν Plu. Praec. 2.806c; πνεῦμα Nic. Al. 286; λύγγας Arist. Pr. 962a7:—Pass., to be choked up, of the secretions, ib. 967a6; of a fire, opp. ἐγκρύπτω 2, Id. Juv. 470a16; καταπεπνιγμένοι τόποι choked up, close, opp. εὐπνούστεροι, Id. Pr. 869a35; φωναὶ καταπεπν. stifled utterances, Id. Aud. 800a15, cf. Poll. 4.114.

2 close

κ. τὰς φύσας close the bellows, Arist. Resp. 474a15.

In the wild

καταπνιγομένων · katapnigomenōn Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 41)
καταπνιγομένῳ · katapnigomenōi Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 43)

Where it came from

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