ἐμφῡσ-άω,
A. blow in, ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας
Aret. CA 1.2
, cf. POxy. 1088.37 ;αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε breathed intothe flute, Ar. V. 1219 ;οἴνῳ ἐ. Hippiatr. 11 .
II. breathe upon,τινί, εἴς τινα, LXX Jb. 4.21 , Ez. 37.9 , cf. Ev.Jo. 20.22 .
III. blow up, inflate,τὸ μὲν[τῆς τροφῆς] ἐμφυσᾶν, τὸ δὲ σαρκοῦν
Arist. HA 603b30
; ἐ. τὰς φλέβας
Id. Pr. 881b14
:— Pass. ,to be inflatedor, generally,swollen, Hp. Coac. 154 , Arist. HA 524a17 , al.: metaph., τῇ κολακείᾳ ἐμφυσώμενος
Clearch. 25
.