φύσημα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A that which is blown or produced by blowing, φ. ἀνεὶς δύστλητον a hard-drawn breath, E.Ph.1438; δνοφώδη . . αἰθέρος φυσήματα, of stormy blasts, Id.Tr.79, cf. Rh.440; πόντιον φ. the roaring of the sea, Id.Hipp. 1211.    II that which is blown up, of half-formed shells, Plin. HN9.108; δούρειον . . χῆνα τῷ φυσήματι like the Trojan horse (δούρειος ἵππος) in inflation, i.e. stuffed, Diph.90: state of inflation, Luc.Cont.19.    III blowing, puffing, snorting, of a horse, X.Eq.11.12: metaph., conceit, πολιτικὸν φ. φυσῶντες Pl.Alc.2.145e; γέμοντες ὄγκου καὶ φ. Plu.2.39d; and, in double sense, of a flute-player, μεῖζον τῆς μητρὸς ἔχων τὸ φ. Hyp. ap. Ath.13.591f; ῥήματα . . ἀποσπῶν γηγενεῖ φυσήματι Ar.Ra.825 (lyr.).    IV μέλανος αἵματος φυσήματα black blood blown from the nostrils, of newly slaughtered cattle, E.IA1114.    V pine-resin, Gal.13.475, Aët. 15.3.