ἀσπαίρω

aspairo

pant, gasp, struggle

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3293
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10521
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12203
Book 13 3
Chapter ?

13443
13571
13573
Odyssey 6
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8526
Book 12 2
Chapter ?

12254
12255
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19229
19231
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22473

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσπαίρω, impf. ἤσπαιρον, Ion. and Ep. ἀσπαίρεσκον Q.S. 11.104: (ἀ- euph., σπαίρω):—Α. pant, gasp, struggle, in Hom. always of the dying (so κραδίη ἀσπαίρουσα must be taken, Il. 13.443), περὶ δουρὶ ἤσπαιρʼ ὡς ὅτε βοῦς κτλ. ib.571; ζωὸν ἔτʼ ἀσπαίροντα 12.203, cf. Od. 19.229, A. Pers. 977 (lyr.), E. IA 1587; νεκροὶ -οντες Antipho 2.4.5; ἀ. ἄνω κάτω E. El. 843; of an infant, Hdt. 1.111; of fish taken out of the water, Id. 9.120, Babr. 6.5:—but in Hdt. 8.5 Ἀδείμαντος ἤσπαιρε μοῦνος was the only one who still made a struggle, resisted; ἐβόων τε καὶ ἤσπαιρον D.H. 7.25.—Poet. and Ion. word.

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