καταπνίγω

katapnigo

choke, throttle, strangle

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2
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Chapter 5 469b21–470a18

470a8
470a16
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

800a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

καταπνίγω [ῑ], A. choke, smother, γόγγρον ἐν ἅλμῃ Sotad.Com. 1.21; ὁ ὕπνος κ. τὸ θερμόν Arist. Fr. 233; ταῦτα κ. τὰ δένδρα Thphr. CP 2.18.3; τὴν αὔξησιν Plu. 2.806c; πνεῦμα Nic. Al. 286; λύγγας Arist. Pr. 962a7:—Pass., to be choked up, of the secretions, ib.967a6; of a fire, opp. ἐγκρύπτω 2, Id. Juv. 470a16; καταπεπνιγμένοι τόποι choked up, close, opp. εὐπνούστεροι, Id. Pr. 869a35; φωναὶ καταπεπν. stifled utterances, Id. Aud. 800a15, cf. Poll. 4.114. 2. κ. τὰς φύσας close the bellows, Arist. Resp. 474a15.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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