I.to choke, throttle, strangle, Plat.; proverb., ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγηι, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, why should one drink more? Arist.:—Pass. to be choked, stifled, Ar.: to be drowned, Xen.
2.metaph. to vex, torment, Luc.
II.to cook in a close-covered vessel, to stew, Hdt., Ar.