- ποιφύσσω
- ποιφύσσωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to snort, to hiss, to puff, to blow' (hell. poet., title in Sophr.), ποιφύξαι ἐκφοβῆσαι H.Other forms: Dor. fut. -φυξω.Derivatives: ποίφυγμα n. `the blowing' (A. Th. 280), ποιφύγδην adv. `hissing' (Nic.); the schol. on Nic. has a pres. ποιφύζειν.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Reduplicated intensive-formation of onomatopoeic charakter; s. on φῦσα.Page in Frisk: 2,574
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.