ἀπο-ψύχω [ῡ ]: -
Pass., aor. ἀπεψύχθην and ἀπεψύχην [ῠ ], v. infr., also ἀπεψύγην [ῠ ] Hld. 2.3: -
I
1. leave off breathing, faint, swoon, τὸν δὲ.. εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα Od. 24.348; ἀ. ἀπὸ φόβου [Luk 21:26].
2. c. acc., ἀπέψυξεν βίον breathed out life, S. Aj. 1031; πνεῦμα AP 12.72 (Mel.): abs., expire, die, Th. 1.134, cf. LXX [4Ma 15:17], D.C. 43.11,al.; λεπτὸν ἀ. faintly breathing out his life, Bion 1.9: - also Pass., ἀποψύχεται Hp. Morb. 1.19: aor. 2 ἀπεψύχη A. Fr. 104.
II
1. cool, chill, ὄψα Sosip. 54: - Pass. or Med., to be cooled, Hom. only in phrase ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν they got the sweat dried off their tunics, Il. 11.621; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς (by bathing) 21.561 (also in Act., ἱδρῶ ἀποψύχοντε Orph. A. 1091): generally, grow cold, Thphr. HP 4.7.3, etc.: metaph., ἀπεψυγμένοι πρὸς τὸ μέλλον cold and indifferent as to.., Arist. Rh. 1383a4; ἀποψυχόμενοι shivering with terror, Arr. Epict. 4.1.145, cf. Alciphr. 2.2; but, to be refreshed, Phryn. PS p.27 B.
2. impers., ἀποψύχει it grows cool, ἐπειδὰν ἀποψύχῃ Pl. Phdr. 242a, ap. Phryn. PS p.45 B., sed leg. ἀποψυχῇ (aor. 2 Pass.).
III ἀποψύχειν· ἀποπατεῖν, ἀφοδεύειν, Hsch.; cf. ἀπόψυγμα.
ἀποψύχω apopsychō 1x
pr. to breathe out, faint away, die;
met. to faint at heart, be dismayed, [Luk 21:26]
** ἀπο - ψύχω ,
[in LXX : 4Ma 15:18 * ;]
1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX , l.c .).
2. to leave off breathing, faint ( Hom ., Od., xxiv, 348): seq . ἀπό , [Luk 21:26]. †