α4155Ἆσθμα
panting
[Meaning] breath. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)sqma/zein, meaning a)sqmai/nein, that is to breathe hard. Babrius [writes]: "as if one suffering from illness were in pain, pretending to pant."
Ἆσθμα· πνοή. καὶ Ἀσθμάζειν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀσθμαίνειν, τουτέστι πνευστιᾶν. Βάβριος· οἷά τις νούσῳ κάμνων ἐβέβλητ' οὐκ ἀληθὲς ἀσθμαίνων.