σπαίρω

A. gasp, pant, quiver, of dying fish, Arist. Resp. 471a30 (v.l. ἀσπαρίζουσιν), cf. A.R. 4.874, Plb. 15.33.5, D.H. 4.39, AP 6.30 (Maced.) (more freq. ἀσπαίρω, q.v.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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