ἀποπνίγω [ῑ ],
fut. -πνίξω Pl. Com.198, Antiph. 171: aor. inf. ἀποπνεῖξαι GDI 2171.18 (Delph., i B. C.): -
1. choke, throttle, Hdt. 2.169,al.; τὰς ἀναπνοάς Hp. Morb.Sacr. 9; τοὺς πατέρας τ’ ἦγχον.. καὶ τοὺς πάππους ἀπέπνιγον Ar. V. 1039; suffocate, Id. Eq. 893; of plants, choke, [Mat 13:7], [Luk 8:7]: - Pass., fut. -πνῐγήσομαι Ar. Nu. 1504; also -πεπνίξομαι Eun. VS p.463 B.: aor. I ἀπεπνίχθην Aret. SA 1.7: aor. 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ ] (v. infr.): pf. part. -πεπνιγμένος Hdt. 4.72: - to bechoked, suffocated, τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη Pherecr. 159, cf. Alex. 266; to be drowned, Democr. 172, D. 32.6, Aesop. 352. generally, cut off, kill, λιμῷ τινα Aret. CA 1.9: - Pass., πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάϝει Procop. Arc. 26.
2. metaph., choke one with vexation, ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν Antiph. l.c.; ἦ γάρ [με] γειτονεῦσ’ 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.
G638 — ἀποπνίγω
: 1 aorist ἀπεπνιξα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεπνιγην; (ἀπό as in ἀποκτείνω which see (cf. to choke off)); to choke: [Mat 13:7] (T WH marginal reading ἔπνιξαν); [Luk 8:7] (of seed overlaid by thorns and killed by them); to suffocate with water, to drown, [Luk 8:33] (as in Demosthenes 32, 6 (i. e., p. 883, 28 etc.; schol. ad Euripides, Or. 812)).
ἀπο - πνίγω ,
[in LXX : [Nah 2:13] (H2614 pi .), Tob 3:8 * ;]
to choke: [Mat 13:7], [Luk 8:7]; pass ., of drowning ( = καταποντίζομαι ), [Luk 8:33]. †