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διαφῡσ-άω

diaphusao

blow in different directions, disperse

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Where it lives

Phaedo 3 · 1.38/10k

What it meant

διαφῡσ-άω · diaphys-aō — LSJ

blow in different directions, disperse

blow in different directions, disperse, μὴ . . ὁ ἄνεμος αὐτὴν (sc. τὴν ψυχὴν) διαφυσᾷ Pl. Phd. 77d:—Pass., ib. 80d, 84b.

II blow, breathe through

blow or breathe through, Luc. Herm. 68; ἐκ τοῦ στόματος Plu. Frig. 2.950c (Pass.).

III inflate, fill with air

inflate, fill with air, μήτραν Hp. Steril. 228, cf. Gal. 1.605.

In the wild

διαφυσᾷ · diaphysai Plato, Phaedo 77 (DIORISIS sentence 481)
διαπεφύσηται · diapephysētai Plato, Phaedo 80 (DIORISIS sentence 554)
διαφυσηθεῖσα · diaphysētheisa Plato, Phaedo 84 (DIORISIS sentence 606)

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