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|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pair of bellows]], mostly in pl., <b class="b3">τὸν δ' εὗρ' . . ἑλισσόμενον περὶ φύσας</b>, sc. Hephaestus, <span class="bibl">Il.18.372</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">409</span>; φύσας ἐσθέντες ἐφύσων <span class="bibl">Th.4.100</span>; αἱ φ. αἱ ἐν τοῖς χαλκείοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>474a12</span>; τοῦ χαλκέος δύο φύσας <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>: hence <b class="b3">ἐν τῇσι φύσῃς</b> in the [[smithies]] <span class="bibl">Herod.3.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[bladder]], Dsc.5.94, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>33, <b class="b2">Gloss.;</b> φῦσαν ὑπηνέμιον <span class="title">AP</span>9.486 (Pall.); φ. χηνεία <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.382; of the castoreum [[pouches]] of the beaver, Dsc.2.24. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[φαρέτρα]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> = [[ἀσκός]], Id. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[breath]], [[wind]], [[blast]], ἀγρίαις φύσαισι φυσᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 768</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς τὸν ἀσκὸν φῦσαν ἐνιέναι</b> . . [[to inflate]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wind in the body]], [[flatus]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VM</span>10</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>4.73</span>; [[breaking of wind]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐρυγμός, πταρμός</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>962a35</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 604a12</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ φυσῶν</b>, title of work by Hippocrates. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of fire, [[stream]], [[jet]], φλὸξ φῦσαν ἱεῖσα πυρός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>114</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[bubble]], φ. ἐπίχρυσοι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[crater of a volcano]], <span class="bibl">Str.13</span>. <span class="bibl">4.11</span>, Oros.<span class="bibl">6.2.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[calyx of]] φυσαλλίς ''111'', Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>1.51. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> name of [[a fish]] found in the Nile, <span class="bibl">Str.17.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.312b</span>. (Cf. Lith. [[pučiù]] 'I blow', Lat. [[pustula]], etc.; onomatop.; v. may be Egyptian.)</span>