ἐκφυσάω
ἐκφῡς-άω,
A). blow out,
ἔνθα ποταμὸς ἐκφυσᾷ μένος pours forth its strength,
A. Pr. 720 ; of elephants
spouting water through their trunks,
Plb. 3.46.12 : metaph.,
ἐ. πόλεμον blow up a war from a spark,
Ar. Pax 610 ; also
ἐκπεφυσημένος a
puffed up, conceited person,
Plb. 3.103.7 .
ShortDef
to blow out
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Headword (normalized):
ἐκφυσάω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
εκφυσαω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33233
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐκφῡς-άω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blow out</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἔνθα ποταμὸς ἐκφυσᾷ μένος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pours forth</span> its strength, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:720" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:720/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 720 </a>; of elephants <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spouting</span> water through their trunks, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:46:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:46:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.46.12 </a>: metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. πόλεμον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blow up</span> a war from a spark, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:610" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:610/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 610 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐκπεφυσημένος</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">puffed up, conceited</span> person, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:103:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:103:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.103.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blow away</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg045:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg045:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hg.</span> 1.9 </a>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:48:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:48:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.48.8 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be dissipated</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SD</span> 2.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sublimate</span> volatile elements, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2687.tlg001:p.148B" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2687.tlg001:p.148B/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zos.Alch.</span> p.148B. </a>, al.:— Pass., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.75 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breathe out</span>, <span class="foreign greek">βαρὺν ὕπνον ἐ</span>., i.e. snore loudly, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 24.47 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἷμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 2.72 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">snort</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 743 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">burst forth</span>, <span class="quote greek">φλόγες ἐκφυσήσασαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 400a32 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}