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ἀπάγχω, to strangle, throttle

ἀπάγχω,
  • strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων Od. 19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. Ar. Pax 795, cf. Plu. Mar. 27, Luc. Lex. 11; ὃ μάλιστά μʼ ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, Ar. V. 686:—Med., aor. ἀπηγξάμην, and Pass., hang oneself, to be hanged, Archil. 67, Hdt. 2.131, Hp. Aph. 2.43, A. Supp. 465, And. 1.125, Philem. 130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων Th. 3.81; ὥστε μʼ ἀπάγχεσθʼ am ready to choke, Ar. Nu. 988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος Arr. Epict. 2.20.31.

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