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προσ-πνέω , poet. προσ-πνείω Theoc.17.52: fut. -πνεύσομαι:—
A.blow or breathe upon, inspire, ἔρωτας l.c.; “τῷ σώματι ζωήν” Hierocl. in CA26p.478M.: —Pass., to be blown upon, “προσπνείσθω τόπος ἀπὸ βορρᾶ” Gp.2.27.1.
2. intr., blow to or over, “τόποις” Thphr.Vent.27; “ἡμῖν . . π. αὖραι” Luc.Am.12: impers., c. gen., ὡς ἡδύ μοι προσέπνευσε χοιρείων κρεῶν a sweet savour of pork is wafted to me, Ar.Ra.338.
II. Gramm., pronounce with the rough breathing, A.D.Pron.55.23:—Pass., Id.Synt.141.4, Seleuc. ap. Ath.9.398b.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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