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φυσάω 1 φῦσα

II.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, γαστὴρ ἐπεφύσητό μοι Ar.
2.metaph. to puff one up, make him vain, and so to cheat, Dem.:—Pass. to be puffed up, ἐπί τινι at a thing, Xen.
3.to blow up, kindle a fire: but also
4.to blow out, extinguish, τὴν λαμπάδα Ar.
5.to blow out, spurt out, Soph.
6.to blow a wind-instrument, Eur., Ar., Theocr.

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