Ψυχουλκούμενος

being at one's last gasp

Translated by Nicholas Wilshere5 Nov 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[Meaning someone] drawing his [sc. last] breath.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψυχουλκούμενος· τὴν ψυχὴν ἑλκόμενος.

Betacode

*yuxoulkou/menos: th\n yuxh\n e(lko/menos.

Same entry in Photius and other lexica. From ancient commentary on 3 Maccabees 5:25 LXX, where the plural of the headword participle (reproduced only by Hesychius) occurs.
The gloss merely gives an uncompounded version of the headword.

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