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καταφυσάω

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: kataphysáō Transliteration B: kataphysaō Transliteration C: katafysao Beta Code: katafusa/w

English (LSJ)

   A spray, besprinkle, σμῆνος οἴνῳ Arist.HA627b15; [ἰσχίον] οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ Hippiatr.30.    2 discharge, κ. τὸν θορόν (sc. τῇ θηλείᾳ) Arist.HA544a4 (v.l. θολόν).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταφῡσάω: διὰ τοῦ φυσήματος ἐκχέω, ἐξακοντίζω, φυσῶν ῥαντίζω, κ. τὸ σμῆνος οἴνῳ οἱ μελιττουργοὶ Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 40, 58· ἀλλά, κ. τὸν θολόν, ἐκτινάσσω, ἐκχέω τὸν χυμὸν τῆς σηπίας, αὐτόθι 5. 12, 1. 2) φυσῶ ἐπί τινος, καταφρονητικῶς μεταχειρίζομαι, ἐμπτύω, κατ. καὶ καταναθεματίζειν τινὰ Ἐπιφάν.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

καταφῡσάω: обдавать брызгами, обрызгивать (τὸ σμῆνος οἴνῳ Arst.).