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|Definition=ης, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pair]] of [[bellows]], mostly in plural [[φῦσαι]], 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 forge]], [[in the smithies]] Herod.3.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bladder]], Dsc.5.94, Hippiatr.33, Gloss.; φῦσαν [[ὑπηνέμιος|ὑπηνέμιον]] AP9.486 (Pall.); φ. [[χήνειος|χηνεία]] PMag.Lond.46.382; of the [[castoreum]] [[pouch]]es of the [[beaver]], Dsc.2.24.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[φαρέτρα]] ([[quiver]] for [[arrow]]s), Hsch.<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[ἀσκός]] ([[skin]], [[hide]]), Id.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[breath]], [[wind]], [[blast]], [[ἄγριος|ἀγρίαις]] φύσαισι [[φυσᾶν]] = [[play]] the [[aulos]] with [[savage]] [[breath]]s S.Fr. 768; ἐς τὸν ἀσκὸν φῦσαν ἐνιέναι . . to [[inflate]], Hp.Art.47, cf. 77.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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]] = [[On Winds]], [[On Breaths]], [[De flatibus]], title of work by [[Hippocrates]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> of [[fire]], [[stream]], [[jet]], φλὸξ φῦσαν ἱεῖσα πυρός h.Merc.114.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[bubble]], φ. [[ἐπίχρυσος|ἐπίχρυσοι]] Luc.Merc.Cond.22.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[crater]] of a [[volcano]], Str.13. 4.11, Oros.6.2.17.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[calyx]] of [[φυσαλλίς]] ''III'', Dsc.Eup.1.51.<br><span class="bld">V</span> 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]].)