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φυσάω (phusaō) to blow ^G:V

φυσάω,

Ionic dialect present participle φυσέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (rightly censured by [Refs]: (φῦσα):

__I absolutely, blow, puff (opposed to ἀάζω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wind, [Refs]; of men, φυσητῆρας ἐσθέντες.. φυσῶσι τοῖσι στόμασι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Call.[same place]; δεινὰ φυσᾷ snorts furiously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; metaphorically from a flute-player, φυσᾷ γὰρ οὐ σμικροῖσιν αὐλίσκοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγαφυσᾶν, Latin magnum spirare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἷμαφυσῶν Ἄρης breathing blood and murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολιτικὸν φύσημα φ. swell with political pride, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, puff or blow up, distend, φ. κύστιν blow up a bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of bag-pipers, [Refs]; φ. δίκτυον, proverbial of labour in vain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τὴν γνάθον, of one going to be shaved, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to puff them up, of pride, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; distend, of disease, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεφυσημένοι puffy, swollen, opposed to εὔχροοι, [Refs]
__II.b later of a solid swelling, e.g. of the tongue, ὅταν φυσηθῇ [Refs 6th c.AD+]; of the male breasts at puberty, φυσῶνται κατὰ ποσόν [Refs 7th c.AD+]
__II.2 metaphorically, puff one up, make him vain, and so cheat him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be puffed up, ἐπὶ δυνάμει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 blow up, kindle, τὸ πῦρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 blow out, extinguish, τὴν λαμπάδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 blow out, spurt or spout out, φυσῶντ᾽ ἄνω πρὸς ῥῖνας.. αἷμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 blow a wind instrument, φ. κόχλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also φυσᾶν absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυσᾶντες (Boeotian dialect) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χέρ᾽ ἐφύση blew into.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, κόχλου φυσηθέντος [Refs]
__II.7 passive, to be blown about, ἀκάνθης πάππος ὣς φυσώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]