φυσητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῡσάω (phūsáō, to blow) + -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῡσητήρ (phūsētḗr) m (genitive φῡσητῆρος); third declension

  1. blowpipe or tube, an instrument for blowing
  2. bellows
  3. one who blows a pipe or bellows
  4. kind of whale
  5. (zoology) blowhole or spiracle of whales

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

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