ἀποψύχω

A. leave off breathing, faint, swoon, τὸν δὲ . . εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα Od. 24.348; ἀ. ἀπὸ φόβου Ev.Luc. 21.26.

2. c. acc., ἀπέψυξεν βίον breathed out life, S. Aj. 1031; πνεῦμα AP 12.72 (Mel.): abs., expire, die, Th. 1.134, cf. LXX 4 Ma. 15.17, D.C. 43.11,al.; λεπτὸν ἀ. faintly breathing out his life, Bion 1.9:—also Pass., ἀποψύχεται Hp. Morb. 1.19: aor. 2 ἀπεψύχη A. Fr. 104.

II. cool, chill, ὄψα Sosip. 54:—Pass. or Med., to be cooled, Hom. only in phrase ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν they got the sweat dried off their tunics, Il. 11.621; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς (by bathing) 21.561 (also in Act., ἱδρῶ ἀποψύχοντε Orph. A. 1091): generally, grow cold, Thphr. HP 4.7.3, etc.: metaph., ἀπεψυγμένοι πρὸς τὸ μέλλον cold and indifferent as to . ., Arist. Rh. 1383a4; ἀποψυχόμενοι shivering with terror, Arr. Epict. 4.1.145, cf. Alciphr. 2.2; but, to be refreshed, Phryn. PS p.27 B.

2. impers., ἀποψύχει it grows cool, ἐπειδὰν ἀποψύχῃ Pl. Phdr. 242a, ap. Phryn. PS p.45 B., sed leg. ἀποψυχῇ (aor. 2 Pass.).

III. ἀποψύχειν· ἀποπατεῖν, ἀφοδεύειν, Hsch.; cf. ἀπόψυγμα.