A.of wind or air, “κινήσεις” Arist.Pr.916b4; “βία π.” Id.HA586a17; “φύσεις” Epicur. Ep.2p.39U.; “ἀέρος ψυχρότης” Thphr.CP4.12.5; π. [ὄργανον] a machine moved by wind, Vitr.10.1.1; “μηχάνημα” Gal.Anim.Pass.2.3.
2. of the nature of wind or air, “τὰ π.” Arist.Mete.380a23; π. ξηρότης, i. e. a dry vapour, Plu.Alex.35.
3. inflated, distended with air, “ὑστέραι” Arist.HA584b22.
4. Act. (= “πνευματώδης” 1.3), causing flatulence, “οἶνος” Id.Pr.955a35; “βρώματα” Nicom.Com.1.31, cf. Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.3.73a (Sup.), Plu.2.286e, Sor.1.52. Adv. “-κῶς” by flatulence, Archig. ap. Gal.12.537.
5. breathing, exhaling, “εὐοσμία” Thphr.CP6.16.3.
III. of spirit, spiritual, interpol. in Plu.2.129c; opp. σαρκικός, ψυχικός, Ep.Rom.15.27, 1 Ep.Cor.2.13, etc. Adv. -κῶς ib.14.
IV. οἱ Π. a school of physicians who referred all questions of health to pneumatic agencies, Gal.8.749, 15.111.