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ἀναπνοή

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Gloss: breathing

Transliteration: anapnoē

Strong’s: G6303

1. recovery of breath, revival , (Pindar); μόχθων ἀμπνοά rest from toils, (Pindar)
2. a drawing breath, respiration , (Aristophanes Comicus); ἀμπνοὰς ἔχειν = ἀναπνέειν, to breathe , (Sophocles Tragicus); τὴν ἀν. ἀπολαβεῖν τινος to strangle him.
3. a breathing organ , of the mouth, (Lucian); an air-hole , (Plutarch) (ML)
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