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ἐμφυ_σ-άω ,
A.blow in, “ἐς τὰς ῥῖναςAret.CA1.2, cf. POxy.1088.37; αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε breathed into the flute, Ar.V.1219; οἴνῳ . Hippiatr.11.
III. blow up, inflate, τὸ μὲν [τῆς τροφῆς] “ἐμφυσᾶν, τὸ δὲ σαρκοῦνArist.HA603b30; “. τὰς φλέβαςId.Pr.881b14:—Pass., to be inflated or, generally, swollen, Hp.Coac.154, Arist.HA524a17, al.: metaph., “τῇ κολακείᾳ ἐμφυσώμενοςClearch.25.
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    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 1219
    • Old Testament, Ezekiel, 37.9
    • New Testament, John, 20.22
    • Aretaeus, De curatione acutorum morborum libri duo, 1.2
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