Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄπνευστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπνευστος ἄπνευστη ἄπνευστον

Structure: ἀπνευστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pne/w

Sense

  1. breathless

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ πνεύματοσ αὐτῷ ἐνδέοντοσ, Νεοπτολέμῳ τῷ ὑποκριτῇ μυρίασ δοῦναι, ἵν’ ὅλασ περιόδουσ ἀπνεύστωσ λέγῃ. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 13:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἄρ’ ἄπνευστοσ καὶ ἄναυδοσ κεῖτ’ ὀλιγηπελέων, κάματοσ δέ μιν αἰνὸσ ἵκανεν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 48:5)

Synonyms

  1. breathless

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

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