to blow

Greek Verb

πνέω [in LXX: Psa.147:7 (18) (נָשַׁב hi.), Isa.40:24 (נָשַׁף), Sir.43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, 2Ma.9:7 *;] to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mat.7:25, 27, Luk.12:55, Jhn.3:8 6:18, Rev.7:1; ηῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40 (cf. ἐκ, ἐν, ὑπο-πνέω). αὔρα, a breeze : τ. πνεούσῇ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40. (AS)

to blow

Greek Verb

πνέω, poetry πνείω as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]future πνεύσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πνευσοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔπνευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πέπνευκα (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future πνευσθήσομαι (δια-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐπνεύσθην (δι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]present and imperfect, to which Trag. add future and aorist 1 active —For the form ἄμπνυε, see. {ἀναπνέω}; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, see at {ἄμπνυτο}; and for perfect passive πέπνῡμαι, participle πεπνῡμένος, see at {πέπνυμαι}.—Like other disyllable Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εε; but ἐκπνέων is disyllable in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—blow, of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῷ πνέοντι (i.e. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ πνέουσα (i.e. αὔρα) [NT]; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας [Refs]; πνεῖται flutes are sounding, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) breathe, send forth an odour, ἀμβροσίη. ἡδὺ πνείουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2) with accusative, breathe out, send forth, Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.3) with genitive, breathe or smell of a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with dative, μύροισι π. smell with, [Refs]: frequently metaphorically, breathe, be redolent of, Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φόνου π. conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ᾽ ὤμων [Refs 8th c.BC+] IV) generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ πνέοντες, ={οἱ ζῶντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) metaphorically, with accusative cognate, breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epithet of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν [Refs]; πνέων χάριν τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, [Refs]; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.2) with neuter adjectives or Prons, πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας[Refs 5th c.BC+] breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to breathe hard, i.e. breeze; blow; a primary word