πνίξ

A. choking, suffocation, Hp. Aph. 4.34, etc.; of women, αἱ ὑστερικαὶ πνίγες Dsc. 3.45,140, cf. Aret. SA 2.11 tit.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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