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παραπνέω

παραπνέω, to blow by the side, to escape by a sideway

παραπνέω,
  • blow beside, escape by a sideway, of the winds confined by Aeolus, Od. 10.24; blow beside or next to, c. acc., ὁ Ἀπηλιώτης ἔχει παραπνέοντας αὐτὸν τὸν Εὖρον καὶ τὸν Καικίαν Gp. 1.11.2.
      • 2 admit the air, παραπνευσάσης τῆς σικύας Hero Spir. 1 Prooem.:— Pass., ὡς μηδαμόθι -πνεῖσθαι Gal. 6.577.
    • II have a slight smell or whiff of a thing, τινος Dsc. 1.19.3.

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