πνέω
Etym. Like other dissyl. Verbs in -έω, this Verb only contracts εε, εει
I. "to blow", of wind and air, Od., Hdt., attic; ἡ πνέουσα (sc. αὔρα) "the breeze", NTest.
II. "to breathe, send forth an odour", Od.:—c. gen. "to breathe or smell of" a thing, Anth.
III. of animals, "to breathe hard, pant, gasp", Il., Aesch.
IV. generally, "to draw breath, breathe", and so "to live", Hom.; οἱ πνέοντες ῀ οἱ ζῶντες, Soph.
V. metaph., c. acc. cogn. "to breathe forth, breathe", μένεα πνείοντες "breathing" spirit, of warriors, Il.; so, πῦρ πν. Hes.; φόνον, κότον, Ἄρη Aesch.; so, πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας Ar.; Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, id=Ar.
2. μέγα πνεῖν "to be of" a high "spirit, give oneself airs", Eur.; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας id=Eur.:—also, with a nom., as if it were the wind, μέγας πνέων id=Eur.; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρὸς ἦν Dem.