- ἔτι δὲ ἔμπνουσ ὑπάρχων καὶ πεπυρωμένοσ τοῖσ θυμοῖσ, ἐξαναστὰσ φερομένων κρουνηδὸν τῶν αἱμάτων καὶ δυσχερῶν ὄντων τῶν τραυμάτων, δρόμῳ τοὺσ ὄχλουσ διελθὼν καὶ στὰσ ἐπί τινοσ πέτρασ ἀπορρωγάδοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:45)
(70인역 성경, Liber Maccabees II 14:45)
- ἀποτμηθεῖσα δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν μυῖα ἐπὶ πολὺ ζῇ τῷ σώματι καὶ ἔμπνουσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:3)
(루키아노스, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:3)
- ἔμπνουσ μέν εἰμι καὶ δέδορχ’ ἅπερ με δεῖ, αἰθέρα τε καὶ γῆν τόξα θ’ Ἡλίου τάδε . (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:3)
(에우리피데스, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:3)
- ὃ δ’ ἦν ἔτ’ ἔμπνουσ, πρὸσ κασιγνήτην δ’ ἰδὼν γραῖάν τε μητέρ’ εἶπε Πολυνείκησ τάδε· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 5:8)
(에우리피데스, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 5:8)
- ἐγὼ δὲ ἑρμηνεύσω ἃν ἐκεῖνοσ ἔμπνουσ ὢν καὶ δυνάμενοσ εἶπεν νῦν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 21:1)
(플라톤, Epistles, Letter 8 21:1)