φύςημα

A. that which is blown or produced by blowing, φ. ἀνεὶς δύστλητον a hard-drawn breath, E. Ph. 1438; δνοφώδη . . αἰθέρος φυσήματα, of stormy blasts, Id. Tr. 79, cf. Rh. 440; πόντιον φ. the roaring of the sea, Id. Hipp. 1211.

II. that which is blown up, of half-formed shells, Plin. HN 9.108; δούρειον . . χῆνα τῷ φυσήματι like the Trojan horse (δούρειος ἵππος) in inflation, i.e. stuffed, Diph. 90: state of inflation, Luc. Cont. 19.

III. blowing, puffing, snorting, of a horse, X. Eq. 11.12: metaph., conceit, πολιτικὸν φ. φυσῶντες Pl. Alc. 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. Ath. 13.591f; ῥήματα . . ἀποσπῶν γηγενεῖ φυσήματι Ar. Ra. 825 (lyr.).

IV. μέλανος αἵματος φυσήματα black blood blown from the nostrils, of newly slaughtered cattle, E. IA 1114.

V. pine-resin, Gal. 13.475, Aët. 15.3.