puff

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verb transitive

P. and V. φυσᾶν.

Met., exaggerate: P. λόγῳ αἴρειν.

verb intransitive

P. and V. φυσᾶν, V. φυσιᾶν.

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 (Euripides, Andromache 938).

substantive

P. and V. φύσημα, τό.