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ἀνάπνευσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάπνευσις

Structure: ἀναπνευσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)napne/w

Sense

  1. recovery of breath, respite from

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπ’ ἤματι δ’ ἦμαρ ὀρώρει κύντερον, οὐδέ τισ ἠε͂ν ἀνάπνευσισ μογέοντι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 8:4)
  • ἢν δέ πωσ ὁ θώρηξ εὔσαρκοσ ἐῄ, ὅκωσ μὴ ἀμφὶ τοῖσι ὀστέοισι τὸ δέρμα ἡ σικύη ἀμφιθλάσῃ ἐρείδουσα, καὶ τῷδε προσβάλλειν· ἢν γὰρ πάντη τοῦ σώματοσ τά τε ὑγρὰ ἐφέλκηται καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἔξω τιταίνηται , οἷσί περ ὁ πνεύμων πνίγεται, ἀνάπνευσισ ἂν γίγνοιτο τοῦ κακοῦ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 9)
  • ἀλλὰ, ἢν μὲν φλεγμασίην αἰτίην εὑρ́ηται, τάμνειν φλέβα τὴν ἐπ’ ἀγκῶνι μεγάλῃ τῇ σχάσι, ὅκωσ ἀθρόωσ διεκρέῃ τὸ αἷμα, τῆσ φλεγμασίησ ἡ τροφὴ, κἢν μέσφι λειποθυμίησ· τόδε γὰρ ἢ ἀπονίησ ἀρχὴ γιγνεται, ἢ νάρκησ ἐσ ἀναισθησίην· ἀνάπνευσισ δὲ ἐν εἰλεῷ, κἢν ὑπ’ ἀγνοίησ ἐσ βαιὸν χρόνον ἐῄ τοῦ πόνου ἀμβολή· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ θνήσκειν τοῖσ μὲν ὧδε πονέουσι εὐδαιμονίη · τῳ ἀρχιητρῷ δὲ οὐ θέμισ πρήσσειν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 211)
  • ὀλίγη δέ τ’ ἀνάπνευσισ πολέμοιο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 66:15)
  • ὀλίγη δέ τ’ ἀνάπνευσισ πολέμοιο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 3:14)

Synonyms

  1. recovery of breath

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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