A.press closely, of crowds, τινα Ev.Luc.8.42; ς. τὸ σπέρμα choke it, Ev.Marc.4.7: metaph., “ς. τὸν λόγον” Ev.Matt.13.22, cf. Ev.Luc.8.14 :—Pass., “δένδρα συμπνιγόμενα” Thphr.CP6.11.6; οἱ ἄνθρακες συμπνίγονται are damped down, Sch.Ar.Nu.96.
2. in Pass., to be drowned, of the Gadarene swine, Porph.Chr.49.