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φυσητήρ

φυσητήρ, an instrument for blowing, blowpipe

φῡσ-ητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
  • instrument for blowing, blowpipe or tube, φ. ὀστέϊνοι Hdt. 4.2, cf. Opp. H. 4.463.
      • 2 bellows, LXX Jb. 32.19, Poll. 10.147, Gal. 2.717.
      • 3 blow-hole or spiracle of whales, etc., Arist. HA 566b3; the funnel through which the cuttle-fish squirts its ink, ib. 541b17.
    • II one who blows a pipe or bellows, Dsc. 5.75 (v.l.), Suid. s.v. ἐξέλιπε.
      • 2 a kind of whale, perh. Biscay whale, Str. 3.2.7.

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