Strong G1970ἐπιπνίγω
to choke
- Transliteration
- epipnigō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-pnee'-go
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπιπνίγω: to choke or stifle; figuratively, to overgrow and choke.
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: πνίγ-ω [ῑ],
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 68, +others, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.6, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.31, etc.)]: imperfect ἔπνῑγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1376:)]future πνίξω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 198, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural future πνιξεῖσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 155:)]aorist ἔπνιξα, imperative πνῖξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92, Batrachomyomachia 158)]:—passive, future πνῐγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ φυσικῶν δυνάμεων - Scripta Minora” 1.17, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1504, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.16; also ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.463 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus:)]aorist ἐπνίχθην (ἀπ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7)]; but ἐπνίγην [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 148, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.11, (ἀπ-) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 159, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.6, etc.:)]perfect πέπνιγμαι, see #11.—The simple verb is less frequently than the compound ἀποπνίγω:— choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.[same place], etc.; of a doctor, πνίγων.. πικρότατα πόματα διδούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 522a)]; ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.14: proverbial, ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνει; 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146a35)]:—passive, to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1036; αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.19.1.)]
2 impersonal πνίγει, of great heat, it is stifling, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 941b4, 944a7.)]
3 metaphorically, vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.37 W.)]; ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 17)]; oppress by exactions, 'squeeze', [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 368c.)]
II cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92; δικίδιον.. ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 511; πεπνιγμένος 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 6. 9.)]
III drown [Refs (compare (πνῖξις 11))], in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.25: _metaphorically_, of plants, τὰ φυτὰ.. τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.9b.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 68, +others, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.6, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.31, etc.)]: imperfect ἔπνῑγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1376:)]future πνίξω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 198, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural future πνιξεῖσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 155:)]aorist ἔπνιξα, imperative πνῖξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92, Batrachomyomachia 158)]:—passive, future πνῐγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ φυσικῶν δυνάμεων - Scripta Minora” 1.17, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1504, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.16; also ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.463 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus:)]aorist ἐπνίχθην (ἀπ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7)]; but ἐπνίγην [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 148, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.11, (ἀπ-) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 159, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.6, etc.:)]perfect πέπνιγμαι, see #11.—The simple verb is less frequently than the compound ἀποπνίγω:— choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.[same place], etc.; of a doctor, πνίγων.. πικρότατα πόματα διδούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 522a)]; ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.14: proverbial, ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνει; 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146a35)]:—passive, to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1036; αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.19.1.)]
2 impersonal πνίγει, of great heat, it is stifling, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 941b4, 944a7.)]
3 metaphorically, vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.37 W.)]; ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 17)]; oppress by exactions, 'squeeze', [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 368c.)]
II cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92; δικίδιον.. ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 511; πεπνιγμένος 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 6. 9.)]
III drown [Refs (compare (πνῖξις 11))], in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.25: _metaphorically_, of plants, τὰ φυτὰ.. τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.9b.)]