πνίγ-ω [ῑ ],
Sophr. 68, al., Antipho 4.1.6, Herod. 4.31, etc.: impf. ἔπνῑγον Ar. Nu. 1376: fut. πνίξω ( ἀπο- ) Pl.Com. 198, Antiph. 171; Dor. 2 pl. fut. πνιξεῖσθε Epich. 155: aor. ἔπνιξα, imper. πνῖξον, Cratin. 27, Hdt. 2.92, Batr. 158: - Pass., fut. πνῐγήσομαι Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.17, ( ἀπο- ) Ar. Nu. 1504, Hp. Morb. 3.16; also ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι Eun. VS p.463 B.: aor. ἐπνίχθην ( ἀπ- ) Aret. SA 1.7; but ἐπνίγην [ῐ ] Batr. 148, Aret. SD 1.11, ( ἀπ- ) Pherecr. 159, Pl. Grg. 512a, D. 32.6, etc.: pf. πέπνιγμαι, v. infr.11. - The simple verb is less freq. than the compd. ἀποπνίγω: - choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.l.c., etc.; of a doctor, πνίγων . . πικρότατα πόματα διδούς Pl. Grg. 522a; ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον ] X. Oec. 17.14: prov., ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; Arist. EN 1146a35: - Pass., to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα Ar. Nu. 1036; αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.19.1 .
2. impers. πνίγει, of great heat, it is stifling, Arist. Pr. 941b4, 944a7 .
3. metaph., vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. Phld. Ir. p.37 W.; ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει v.l. in Luc. Prom. 17; oppress by exactions, ’squeeze’, Jul. Mis. 368c .
II cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew, Hdt. 2.92; δικίδιον . . ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον Ar. V. 511; πεπνιγμένος Metag. 6 . 9 .
III drown (cf. πνῖξις 11 ), in Pass., X. An. 5.7.25: metaph., of plants, τὰ φυτὰ . . τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται Plu. 2.9b .
G4155 — πνίγω
: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;
a. to choke, strangle: used of thorns crowding down the seed sown in a field and hindering its growth, [Mat 13:7] T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), [Mar 5:13].
b. to wring one's neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): [Mat 18:28]. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)
πνίγω ,
[in LXX : [1Sa 16:14-15] (H1204 pi .) * ;]
to choke: c . acc , [Mat 13:7] ( WH , mg .); impf . (coniative), [Mat 18:28]; of drowning, pass ., [Mar 5:13] ( cf. ἀπο -, ἐπι -, συν - πνίγω ). †