puff
From LSJ
Ξένος ὢν ἀπράγμων ἴσθι καὶ πράξεις καλῶς → Rerum abstine peregrinus et vives bene → Als Fremder sei friedliebend und es geht dir gut
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Met., exaggerate: P. λόγῳ αἴρειν.
verb intransitive
puff out one's cheeks: P. τὰς γνάθους φυσᾶν (Dem. 442).
puff out your right cheek: V. φύσα τὴν γνάθον τὴν δεξιάν (Ar., Thesmophoriazusae 221).
puff up, met.: P. and V. χαυνοῦν (Plato), Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦν, V. ἐκχαυνοῦν, ἐξογκοῦν.
be puffed up: P. and V. φρονεῖν μέγα, Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦσθαι (also Xen.), Ar. ὀγκύλλεσθαι, V. πνεῖν μεγάλα, ἐξογκοῦσθαι; see be proud, under proud.
I was puffed up with folly: V. ἐξηνεμώθην (ἐξανεμοῦν) μωρίᾳ (Eur., Andromache 938).
