ἐκφῡσ-άω,
blow out, ἔνθα ποταμὸς ἐκφυσᾷ μένος pours forth its strength, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 720 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of elephants spouting water through their trunks, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.46.12: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πόλεμον] Refs 2nd c.BC+] blow up a war from a spark, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 610 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐκπεφυσημένος a puffed up, conceited person, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.103.7. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 blow away, [[ LXX.Hag.1.9 ] LXX]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; to be dissipated, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 sublimate volatile elements, [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Zosimus Alchemista p.148B., +others] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II breathe out, βαρὺν ὕπνον ἐ., i.e. snore loudly, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.47; αἷμα 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.72. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III intransitive, snort, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 743] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; burst forth, φλόγες ἐκφυσήσασαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400a32. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]