तम् [ tam ] [ tam ] Root cl. [4] [ tā́myati ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 7-3 , 74 ; rarely Ā. Lit. R. ii , 63 , 46 Lit. Gīt. v , 16 ; pf. [ tatāma ] Lit. ŚBr. iv ; aor. Pass. [ atami ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-3 , 34 Lit. Kāś. ; Ved. inf. [ támitos ] , with [ ā́ ] preceding , " till exhaustion " Lit. TBr. i , 4 , 4 , 2 Lit. TāṇḍyaBr. xii Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. Āp. ; pf. Pass. p. [ -tāntá ] q.v.) to gasp for breath (as one suffocating) , choke , be suffocated , faint away , be exhausted , perish , be distressed or disturbed or perplexed Lit. RV. ii , 30 , 7 ( [ ná mā tamat ] ( aor. subj. ) " may I not be exhausted " ) Lit. Kāṭh. Lit. TBr. ; to stop (as breath) , become immovable or stiff Lit. Suśr. Lit. Mālatīm. Lit. Amar. Lit. Rājat. v , 344 ; to desire ( cf. 2. [ °ma ] , [ °mata ] ) Lit. Dhātup. xxvi , 93 : Caus. [ tamáyati ] (aor. Pass. [ atāmi ] Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 93 Lit. Kāś.) to suffocate , deprive of breath Lit. ŚBr. iii , 3 , 2 , 19 and 8 , 1 , 15 Lit. KātyŚr. vi , 5 , 18 ; cf. [ á-tameru ] .