ἐμπνέω,
poet. ἐμ-πνείω, fut. -πνεύσομαι E. Andr. 555; later -πνεύσω Aen.Gaz. 11: -
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1. blow or breathe upon, c. dat., πόντῳ Hes. Op. 508; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one’s back, Il. 17.502; of a lover, Hsch.; κατ’ οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.l.c.; ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί Id. Cyc. 19; [ αὐλοῖς ] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, AP 9.266 (Antip.): c. acc. cogn., Χείλεσι μοῦσαν ἐ., of Pan, APl. 4.226 (Alc.): - Pass., ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα Poll. 4.67; πνεῦμα -πνεόμενον τῷ αὐλῷ S.E. P. 1.54.
2. abs., breathe in, inhale, Hp. Flat. 4; but usu., breathe, live, be alive, A. Ag. 671, Ar. Th. 926, Pl. Ap. 29d, etc.; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, = ἔμψυχα, Call. Iamb. 1.127; ἐ. τᾷ τέχνᾳ AP 9.777 (Phil.); of one expiring, βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ’ ἔτι S. Ph. 883; σμικρὸν ἐμπνέουσ’ ἔτι E. Alc. 205; βραχὺν δὴ βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι Id. Hipp. 1246.
3. c. gen., breathe of, be laden with, Ἀραβίης ὀδμῆς Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19; ἐ. ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου [Act 9:1].
II trans.,
1. blow into, ἄνεμος μέσον ἱστίον ἐ. swell the sail, h.Bacch. 33, cf. Pi. I. 2.40.
2. breathe into, infuse into, μένος, θάρσος. τινί, Il. 20.110, Od. 9.381, al.; [ Μοῦσαι ] ἐνέπνευσαν δέ μοι αὐδήν Hes. Th. 31; πατρὶ.. πατρὸς ἐνέπνευσεν μένος Pi. O. 8.70: also c. inf. pro acc., φᾶρος ἐνέπνευσε φρεσὶν ὑφαίνειν breathed into my mind (i.e. inspired me with the thought) to weave it, Od. 19.138: - Pass., to be inspired, ὑπὸ θεοῦ Longin. 16.2; εἰς μαντικήν Plu. 2.421b.
G1709 — ἐμπνέω
(T WH ἐνπνέω, see ἐν, III. 3);
1. to breathe in or on (from Homer down).
2. to inhale (Aeschylus, Plato, others); with partitive genitive, ἀπειλῆς καί φόνου, threatening and slaughter were so to speak the element from which he drew his breath, [Act 9:1]; see Meyer at the passage, cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 9c.; (Buttmann, 167 (146)); ἐμπνέον ζωῆς, the Sept. [Jos 10:40].
ἐν - πνέω , - ῶ
( Rec. ἐμπ -, see ἐν ),
[in LXX : [Deu 20:16], [Jos 10:28] ff . [Jos 11:11]; [Jos 11:14] ( ptcp . neut ., for H5315, H5397), Wis 15:11 * ;]
1. to breathe on.
2. to breathe;
(a) absol. ;
(b) c . gen . part.: fig ., ἀπειλῆς κ . φόνου , [Act 9:1]. †
ἐμ - πνέω , - ῶ , see ἐν Papyri