Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“φυσέων” Call.Iamb.1.101 (rightly censured by Sch. in PSI9.1094.30): (φῦσα):

I. abs., blow, puff (opp. ἀάζω, Arist.Pr.964a11), of bellows, “φῦσαι . . ἐφύσων” Il.18.470; of the wind, 23.218; of men, “φυσητῆρας ἐσθέντες . . φυσῶσι τοῖσι στόμασι” Hdt.4.2, cf. Th.4.100, Call.l.c.; δεινὰ φυσᾷ snorts furiously, E.IA381 (troch.); metaph. from a flute-player, “φυσᾷ γὰρ οὐ σμικροῖσιν αὐλίσκοις” S.Fr. 768; μέγαφυσᾶν, Lat. magnum spirare, E.IA125 (anap.); “οἱ φυσῶντες ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς μέγα” Men.302; “μεγάλα φ.” Id.Epit.492, Ph.2.85; “ἡλίκον ἐφύσα τότε” Luc.Nec.12; αἷμαφυσῶν Ἄρης breathing blood and murder, S.El.1385 (lyr.); πολιτικὸν φύσημα φ. swell with political pride, Pl. Alc.2.145e; abs., “παύου φυσῶν” Ephipp.5.20 (anap.); “οὐκ ἐφύσων οἱ Λάκωνες ὡς ἀπόρθητοί ποτε;” Antiph.117 (troch.); “τῇ γένῇ φυσῶντες” Herod.2.32; “φυσῶσα ἐπὶ τῷ γένει” D.Chr.58.5.

II. trans., puff or blow up, distend, φ. κύστιν blow up a bladder, Ar.Nu.405 (anap.); of bag-pipers, Id.Ach.863; φ. δίκτυον, prov. of labour in vain, Phryn. PSp.121 B.; φ. τὴν γνάθον, of one going to be shaved, Ar.Th.221 (but φ. τὰς γνάθους to puff them up, of pride, D.19.314); distend, of disease, AP11.13 (Ammian.):—Pass., “ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι” Sophr. in PSI11.1214d9 (cf. Epich.246); “φλέβας φυσωμένας” Hdt.4.2; “ἡ γαστὴρ ἐπεφύσητό μου” Ar.Pl.699; “πρόβατα ἀποδαρέντα καὶ φυσηθέντα” X.An.3.5.9; πεφυσημένοι puffy, swollen, opp. εὔχροοι, Id.Lac.5.8.

b. later of a solid swelling, e.g. of the tongue, “ὅταν φυσηθῇ” Aët.8.40; of the male breasts at puberty, “φυσῶνται κατὰ ποσόν” Paul.Aeg.6.46.

2. metaph., puff one up, make him vain, and so cheat him, D.13.12, 59.38; “φ. αὐτὸς ἑαυτόν” Aristaenet.1.27:—Pass., to be puffed up, “ἐπὶ δυνάμει” X.Mem.1.2.25, cf. D.59.97, Arr.Epict.2.16.10; “ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης” Plu. 2.68f; “πεφυσημένοι τὴν ψυχήν” D.Chr.30.19.

3. blow up, kindle, “τὸ πῦρ” Pherecr.60, Dionys.Com.2.16; “τὸν φανόν” Philippid.16: but also,

4. blow out, extinguish, “τὴν λαμπάδα” Ar.Ra.1098 (anap.), cf. Thphr.Ign.28 (Pass.).

5. blow out, spurt or spout out, “φυσῶντ᾽ ἄνω πρὸς ῥῖνας . . αἷμα” S.Aj.918.

6. blow a wind instrument, “φ. κόχλους” E. IT303; also φυσᾶν abs., Ar.Av.859, cf. Epigr. ap. Ath.8.337f; φυσᾶντες (Boeot.) Ar.Ach.868; χέρ᾽ ἐφύση blew into . . , Theoc.19.3:—Pass., “κόχλου φυσηθέντος” Id.22.77.

7. Pass., to be blown about, “ἀκάνθης πάππος ὣς φυσώμενος” S.Fr.868; “πέτεται [ὁ πάππος] . . , ὑπὸ τῶν παιδίων φ.” Eub.107.22.