ἐμπνέω

ἐμπνέω, poet. [suff] ἐμ-πνείω, [tense] fut.

A

-πνεύσομαι E.Andr.555

; later

-πνεύσω Aen.Gaz.Ep.11

:—blow or breathe upon, c. dat.,

πόντῳ Hes.Op.508

; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one's back, Il.17.502; of a lover, Hsch.; κατ' οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.l.c.;

ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί Id.Cyc.19

; [αὐλοῖς] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, AP9.266 (Antip.): c. acc. cogn., Χείλεσι μοῦσαν ἐ., of Pan, APl.4.226 (Alc.):—[voice] Pass.,

ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα Poll.4.67

;

πνεῦμα -πνεόμενον τῷ αὐλῷ S.E.P.1.54

.

2 abs., breathe in, inhale, Hp.Flat.4; but usu.,

b breathe, live, be alive, A.Ag.671, Ar.Th.926, Pl.Ap.29d, etc.; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, = ἔμψυχα, Call. Iamb.1.127;

ἐ. τᾷ τέχνᾳ AP9.777

(Phil.); of one expiring,

βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ' ἔτι S.Ph.883

;

σμικρὸν ἐμπνέουσ' ἔτι E.Alc.205

;

βραχὺν δὴ βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι Id.Hipp.1246

.

3 c. gen., breathe of, be laden with,

Ἀραβίης ὀδμῆς Perict.

ap. Stob.4.28.19;

ἐ. ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου Act.Ap.9.1

.

II trans., blow into, ἄνεμος μέσον ἱστίον ἐ. swell the sail, h.Bacch.33, cf. Pi.I.2.40.

2 breathe into, infuse into, μένος, θάρσος. τινί, Il.20.110, Od.9.381, al.; [Μοῦσαι]

ἐνέπνευσαν δέ μοι αὐδήν Hes. Th.31

;

πατρὶ . . πατρὸς ἐνέπνευσεν μένος Pi.O.8.70

: also c. inf. pro acc., φᾶρος ἐνέπνευσε φρεσὶν ὑφαίνειν breathed into my mind (i.e. inspired me with the thought) to weave it, Od.19.138 :— [voice] Pass., to be inspired,

ὑπὸ θεοῦ Longin.16.2

;

εἰς μαντικήν Plu.2.421b

.