pair of bellows,
φῦσα,ης,ἡ,
A. pair of bellows,mostly in pl.,τὸν δ' εὗρ' . . ἑλισσόμενον περὶ φύσας,sc. Hephaestus, Il. 18.372 , cf. 409 ; φύσας ἐσθέντες ἐφύσων
Th. 4.100
; αἱ φ. αἱ ἐν τοῖς χαλκείοις
Arist. Resp. 474a12
; τοῦ χαλκέος δύο φύσας
Hdt. 1.68
: henceἐν τῇσι φύσῃςin thesmithies
Herod. 3.21 .
2. bladder,
Dsc. 5.94 , Hippiatr. 33 ,Gloss.;
φῦσαν ὑπηνέμιον
AP 9.486
( Pall. ); φ. χηνεία
PMag.Lond. 46.382
; of the castoreumpouchesof the beaver, Dsc. 2.24 .
3.
= φαρέτρα , Hsch.
4.
= ἀσκός , Id.
II. breath, wind, blast,
ἀγρίαις φύσαισι φυσᾶν
S. Fr. 768
;ἐς τὸν ἀσκὸν φῦσαν ἐνιέναι. .to inflate,
Hp. Art. 47 , cf. 77 .
2. wind in the body, flatus,
Id. VM 10 , 22 , Aph. 4.73 ;breaking of wind,opp.ἐρυγμός, πταρμός,
Arist. Pr. 962a35 : pl., Pl. R. 405d , Arist. HA 604a12 ;περὶ φυσῶν,title of work by Hippocrates.
3. of fire,stream, jet,
φλὸξ φῦσαν ἱεῖσα πυρός
h.Merc. 114
.
4. bubble,
φ. ἐπίχρυσοι
Luc. Merc.Cond. 22
.
III. crater of a volcano,
Str. 13 . 4.11 , Oros. 6.2.17 .
IV. calyx of
φυσαλλίς
111
, Dsc. Eup. 1.51 .
V. name ofa fishfound in the Nile, Str. 17.2.4 , Ath. 7.312b . (Cf. Lith.pučiù'I blow', Lat.pustula,etc.; onomatop.;v.may be Egyptian.)
