Φῦσα
bellows
Translated by Ioannis Doukas22 Dec 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φῦσα· χαλκευτικὸν ἐργαλεῖον. Ὅμηρος· φῦσαι δ' ἐν χοάνοισιν ἐείκοσι πᾶσαι ἐφύσων. καὶ ἡ αἰτιατικὴ τὴν φύσην.
Betacode
*fu=sa: xalkeutiko\n e)rgalei=on. *(/omhros: fu=sai d' e)n xoa/noisin e)ei/kosi pa=sai e)fu/swn. kai\ h( ai)tiatikh\ th\n fu/shn.
Notes (2)
- The Greek term for bellows, just as in English, is normally in the plural (as in the Homeric quotation here); but even in the singular, as in the present headword, it means 'pair of bellows' (LSJ s.v.).
- 1Homer, Iliad 18.470 (web address 1) on Hephaestus' forge. ↩
- 2More commonly the accusative singular is
fu=san , and in the singular the word does not normally refer to bellows but to 'breath', 'bladder', etc. See also phi 859. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Feb 2014
- augmented n. 2 — William Hutton
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas