ἀποπνίγω

apopnigo

choke, throttle

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22

513a13
Book VII 1
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

583b32
Book VIII 5
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

589a30
589b8
592a5
592a19
592a21
Book IX 1
Chapter 34 619b18–620a12

620a11
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 8
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Chapter 7 470b6–27

470b23
Chapter 9 471a20–471b29

471b19
Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

475a26
475a28
475b3
Chapter 18 476b13–477a10

476b21
Chapter 22 478a26–478b21

478b16
Chapter 25 479b8–16

479b9
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 52 834a23–30

834a26
Chapter 144 845a17–23

845a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποπνίγω [ῑ], fut. -πνίξω Pl. Com.198, Antiph. 171: aor. inf. ἀποπνεῖξαι GDI 2171.18 (Delph., i B. C.):—Α. choke, throttle, Hdt. 2.169,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp. Morb.Sacr. 9; τοὺς πατέρας τʼ 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. -πνῐγήσομαι Ar. Nu. 1504; also -πεπνίξομαι Eun. VSp.463 B.: aor. I ἀπεπνίχθην Aret. SA 1.7: aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (v. infr.): pf. part. -πεπνιγμένος Hdt. 4.72:—to be choked, 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 σπάνει Procop. Arc. 26. 2. metaph., choke one with vexation, ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph. l.c.; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσʼ 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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