ἀποπνίγω

A. ‐πνίξω Pl. Com.198, Antiph. 171: aor. inf. ἀποπνεῖξαι GDI 2171.18 (Delph., i B. C.):—choke, throttle, Hdt. 2.169,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp. Morb.Sacr. 9; τοὺς πατέρας τ’ ἦγχον . . καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον Ar. V. 1039; suffocate, Id. Eq. 893; of plants, choke, Ev. Matt. 13.7, Ev.Luc. 8.7:—Pass., fut. ‐πνιγήσομαι Ar. Nu. 1504; also ‐πεπνίξομαι Eun. VS p.463 B.: aor. I ἀπεπνίχθην Aret. SA 1.7: aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ι] (v. infr.): pf. part. ‐πεπνιγμένος Hdt. 4.72:—to bechoked, suffocated, τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη Pherecr. 159, cf.Alex. 266; to be drowned, Democr. 172, D. 32.6, Aesop. 352.

b. generally, cut off, kill, λιμῷ τινα Aret. CA 1.9:—Pass., πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάvει Procop. Arc. 26.

2. metaph., choke one with vexation, ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph. l.c.; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσ’ ἀποπνίγεις Call. Iamb. 1.300:—Pass., to be choked with rage, ἐπί τινι at a thing, D. 19.199, cf. Alex. 16.7; πρός τι Lib. Or. 63.15.