πνοή, ῆς, ἡ,
Epic dialect πνοιή, always in [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Doric dialect πνοά (see. below); Lyric poetry
πνοιά [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πνέω):—
blowing, blast, πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
blast, breeze, [
Refs], etc; ὀλίγη π. a light
breeze, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. βιαία a stiff
breeze,[
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially to denote excessive swiftness, ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i.e.swift as,
blasts of wind, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], ἅμ᾽ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίη; frequently in Trag, ταχύπτεροι πνοαί [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
blast of bellows, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
breathing hard, panting, of horses, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2) generally,
breath, ἔμπνους μέν εἰμι. καὶ πνοὰς. πνέω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
the breath of Hephaestus, i.e.
flame, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III)
vapour, exhalation, σποδὸς προπέμπει πλούτου πνοάς, of a burning city, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
breath of a wind-instrument, Αἰολῇσιν ἐν πνοαῖσιν αὐλῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]