A.leave off breathing, faint, swoon, “τὸν δὲ . . εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα” Od.24.348; “ἀ. ἀπὸ φόβου” Ev.Luc.21.26.
2. c. acc., ἀπέψυξεν βίον breathed out life, S.Aj.1031; “πνεῦμα” AP12.72 (Mel.): abs., expire, die, Th.1.134, cf. LXX4 Ma.15.17, D.C. 43.11,al.; λεπτὸν ἀ. faintly breathing out his life, Bion 1.9:—also Pass., “ἀποψύχεται” Hp. Morb.1.19: aor. 2 “ἀπεψύχη” A.Fr.104.
II. cool, chill, “ὄψα” Sosip. 54:—Pass. or Med., to be cooled, Hom. only in phrase ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν they got the sweat dried off their tunics, Il.11.621; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς (by bathing) 21.561 (also in Act., “ἱδρῶ ἀποψύχοντε” Orph.A.1091): generally, grow cold, Thphr. HP4.7.3, etc.: metaph., ἀπεψυγμένοι πρὸς τὸ μέλλον cold and indifferent as to . ., Arist.Rh.1383a4; “ἀποψυχόμενοι” shivering with terror, Arr.Epict. 4.1.145, cf. Alciphr.2.2; but, to be refreshed, Phryn.PSp.27 B.
2. impers., ἀποψύχει it grows cool, “ἐπειδὰν ἀποψύχῃ” Pl.Phdr.242a, ap. Phryn.PSp.45 B., sed leg. ἀποψυχῇ (aor. 2 Pass.).
