φῦσα

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.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1317] ἡ, 1) der Blasebalg; Il. 18, 372. 409. 412. 468. 470; Her. 1, 68; Thuc. 4, 100. – 2) Hauch, Anhauch, Wind, Blähung; Plat. Rep. III, 405 d; bes. die Lohe oder der Luftzug der Flamme, φλὸξ φῦσαν ἱεῖσα πυρός H. h. Merc. 114; Soph. frg. 753. – Bei Luc. de merc. cond. 22 = φυσαλίς, Wasserblase. – 3) der Krater eines feuerspeienden Berges, Strab. – [Υ ist von Natur lang, also weder φύσα noch φύσσα zu schreiben.]