φυσιάω

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English (LSJ)

Ep. part. φῡσιόων:—intr.,

   A blow, puff, snort, breathe hard, pant, ἵπποι φυσιόωντες Il.4.227, 16.506; μόχθοις ἀνδροκμῆσι φυσιᾷ σπλάγχνον A.Eu.248; φυσιῶν . . ἐκβάλλει ῥοὴν . . φοινίου σταλάγματος S.Ant.1238: metaph., μέσφ' ὁ δαίμων οὔρια φυσιάει Cerc.4.49.    2 hiss, φυσιόωσα ἔχις Opp.C.3.439, cf. 1.262.    3 metaph., to be puffed up, Naumach. ap. Stob.4.23.7.