Πνευστιῶν

gasping, panting

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Nov 2012Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning he] puffing, blowing.1
"But he lay gasping, half-alive from the noose."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πνευστιῶν· φυσῶν, ἐμπνέων. ὁ δὲ ἔκειτο πνευστιῶν ἡμίπνους ὑπὸ τοῦ βρόχου.

Betacode
*pneustiw=n: fusw=n, e)mpne/wn. o( de\ e)/keito pneustiw=n h(mi/pnous u(po\ tou= bro/xou. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of pneustia/w (cf. under alpha 4155, kappa 278); presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. ↩
  2. 2Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 75 Habrich. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. supplied hw; x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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