φύσκη

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English (LSJ)

ἡ, (φυσάω)

   A the large intestine, esp. as stuffed with pudding, sausage, black-pudding, gen. φύσκης Ar.Eq.364, Pherecr.45; pl. φύσκαι Cratin.164 (troch.); nom. sg. φύσκη Eub.63.6 (anap.), Dor. φύσκα prob.a nickname, 'pot-belly', Sophr.23; acc. φύσκην Philem. 60.2.    II blister or weal on the hand, Sch.Ar.V.1114 (nom. φύσκα).    III gall-bag on a plant, Dsc.Alex.22.