1. recovery of breath, revival , (Pindar); μόχθων ἀμπνοά rest from toils, (Pindar)

2. a drawing breath, respiration , (Aristophanes Comicus); ἀμπνοὰς ἔχειν = ἀναπνέειν, to breathe , (Sophocles Tragicus); τὴν ἀν. ἀπολαβεῖν τινος to strangle him.

3. a breathing organ , of the mouth, (Lucian); an air-hole , (Plutarch) (ML)