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πνίγω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

No clear etymology. Earlier attempts to analyze the formation as a conflation of several different verbs are unconvincing. Rather onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic. A Pre-Greek origin cannot be excluded.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō)

  1. to choke, throttle, strangle
  2. (of great heat) to stifle
  3. (figuratively) to torment, vex
  4. to cook in a close-covered vessel, to bake, stew
  5. to drown

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀποπνῑ́γω (apopnī́gō)
  • κᾰτᾰπνῑ́γω (kătăpnī́gō)
  • περῐπνῑ́γω (perĭpnī́gō)
  • πνῑγᾰλῐ́ων (pnīgălĭ́ōn)
  • πνῑγετός (pnīgetós)
  • πνῑγεύς (pnīgeús)
  • πνῑγηρός (pnīgērós)
  • πνῑγῐ́ζω (pnīgĭ́zō)
  • πνῑγῖτῐς (pnīgîtĭs)
  • πνῖγμᾰ (pnîgmă)
  • πνῑγμονή (pnīgmonḗ)
  • πνῑγμός (pnīgmós)
  • πνῑγμώδης (pnīgmṓdēs)
  • πνῑγόεις (pnīgóeis)
  • πνῖγος (pnîgos)
  • πνῑγώδης (pnīgṓdēs)
  • πνικτήρ (pniktḗr)
  • πνῐκτῐκός (pnĭktĭkós)
  • πνῐκτός (pnĭktós)
  • πνῐ́ξ (pnĭ́x)
  • πνῖξῐς (pnîxĭs)
  • σῠμπνῑ́γω (sŭmpnī́gō)

Descendants

  • Greek: πνίγω (pnígo)

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpni.ɣo/
  • Hyphenation: πνί‧γω

Verb

πνίγω (pnígo) (past έπνιξα, passive πνίγομαι, ppast πνίγηκα/πνίχτηκα, ppp πνιγμένος)

  1. (of creatures) to drown, smother, choke (to asphyxiate)
    Δέκα άτομα πνίγηκαν εξαιτίας του τσουνάμι.
    Déka átoma pnígikan exaitías tou tsounámi.
    Ten people drowned because of the tsunami.
  2. (botany) prevent growth
    ζιζάνια έπνιξαν τα λουλούδια.
    Ta zizánia épnixan ta louloúdia.
    Weeds smothered the flowers.
  3. (figuratively) prevent manifestation, hide expression
    Tο παχύ χαλί έπνιγε τον ήχο των βημάτων τους.
    To pachý chalí épnige ton ícho ton vimáton tous.
    The thick carpet muffled the sound of their footsteps.
    Η ανταρσία πνίγηκε στο αίμα.
    I antarsía pnígike sto aíma.
    The mutiny was violently suppressed.
  4. (figuratively) overwhelm, fill, suffocate
    Πνιγήκαμε στη σκόνη.
    Pnigíkame sti skóni.
    We suffocated from the dust.
  5. (figuratively) suffocate, choke, cause intense mental discomfort, tension, distress
    Δεν μπορώ να κάτσω μέσα στο σπίτι· πνίγομαι!
    Den boró na kátso mésa sto spíti; pnígomai!
    I can't sit inside the house; I'm suffocating!

Conjugation

  • αποπνίγω (apopnígo, to strangle)
  • αποπνικτικός (apopniktikós, suffocating, adjective)
  • πνιγηρός (pnigirós, oppressing, suffocating, adjective)
  • πνιγηρότητα f (pnigirótita)
  • πνιγμονή f (pnigmoní, choking, suffocation)
  • πνιγμός m (pnigmós, drowning)
  • πνίξιμο n (pníximo, drowning, choking, suffocation)
  • πνίχτης m (pníchtis, strangler, one who drowns somebody)
  • πνιχτός m (pnichtós, strangled, suffocated)

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