ἀσφυξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphuksis, “pulse”) + -ία (-ia)

Noun

ἀσφυξία (genitive ἀσφυξίας) f, first declension; ({{{4}}})

1. stopping of the pulse

References

• ἀσφυξία in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940