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φυσάω
φυσάω φῡσάω, φῦσα trans. to puff or blow up, distend, Ar., Xen.; of bag-pipers, Ar.; φ. τὰς γνάθους to puff them out, Dem.:—Pass. to be inflated, ἡ γαστὴρ ἐπεφύσητό μοι Ar. metaph. to puff one up, make him vain, and so to cheat, Dem.:—Pass. to be puffed up, ἐπί τινι at a thing, Xen. to blow up, kindle a fire: but also to blow out, extinguish, τὴν λαμπάδα Ar. to blow out, spurt out, Soph. to blow a wind-instrument, Eur., Ar., Theocr.

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to puff

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φυσάω φῡσάω, φῦσα trans. to puff or blow up, distend, Ar., Xen.; of bag-pipers, Ar.; φ. τὰς γνάθους to puff them out, Dem.:—Pass. to be inflated, ἡ γαστὴρ ἐπεφύσητό μοι Ar. metaph. to puff one up, make him vain, and so to cheat, Dem.:—Pass. to be puffed up, ἐπί τινι at a thing, Xen. to blow up, kindle a fire: but also to blow out, extinguish, τὴν λαμπάδα Ar. to blow out, spurt out, Soph. to blow a wind-instrument, Eur., Ar., Theocr.
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35314
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35354
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fusa/w

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