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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is blown]] or [[produced by blowing]], <b class="b3">φ. ἀνεὶς δύστλητον</b> a hard-drawn [[breath]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1438</span>; <b class="b3">δνοφώδη . . αἰθέρος φυσήματα</b>, of stormy [[blasts]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>440</span>; <b class="b3">πόντιον φ</b>. the [[roaring]] of the sea, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 1211</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is blown up]], of half-formed shells, <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>9.108</span>; <b class="b3">δούρειον . . χῆνα τῷ φυσήματι</b> like the Trojan horse (δούρειος ἵππος) [[in inflation]], i.e. [[stuffed]], <span class="bibl">Diph.90</span>: [[state of inflation]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cont.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[blowing]], [[puffing]], [[snorting]], of a horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>11.12</span>: metaph., [[conceit]], πολιτικὸν φ. φυσῶντες Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>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. <span class="bibl">Ath.13.591f</span>; ῥήματα . . ἀποσπῶν γηγενεῖ φυσήματι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>825</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">μέλανος αἵματος φυσήματα</b> black blood [[blown from the nostrils]], of newly slaughtered cattle, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1114</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[pine-resin]], Gal.13.475, <span class="bibl">Aët. 15.3</span>.</span>