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ἐκπνευμᾰτ-όω

ekpneumatoo

turn into vapour

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐκπνευμᾰτ-όω · ekpneumat-oō — LSJ

turn into vapour, fan into wind, to be so turned

turn into vapour, Arist. Pr. 866a3, Thphr. ap. Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.292d; fan into wind, prob. in Epicur. Ep. 2p.48U.:—Pass., to be so turned, Arist. Pr. 897b1, al.

II deflate

deflate, metaph., οἴημα, τῦφον, Plu. Aud. 2.39d.

III to be inflated

in Pass., to be inflated, Thphr. CP 4.9.3: metaph., ὑπὸ κτήσεως Phld. Vit. p.27J.

In the wild

ἐκπνευματοῦντα · ekpneumatounta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9113)

Where it came from

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