φῦσα
Υἱῷ μέγιστον ἀγαθόν ἐστ' ἔμφρων πατήρ → Prudente patre bonum non maius filio → Dem Sohn ist ein verständiger Vater größtes Gut
English (LSJ)
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: hence ἐν τῇσι φύσῃς in the smithies Herod.3.21. 2 bladder, Dsc.5.94, Hippiatr.33, Gloss.; φῦσαν ὑπηνέμιον AP9.486 (Pall.); φ. χηνεία PMag.Lond.46.382; of the castoreum pouches of 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.VM10,22, 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 of a fish found in the Nile, Str.17.2.4, Ath.7.312b. (Cf. Lith. pučiù 'I blow', Lat. pustula, etc.; onomatop.; v. may be Egyptian.)
