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φύσκη

φύσκη, a sausage

φύσκη, ἡ, (φυσάω)
  • the large intestine, esp. as stuffed with pudding, sausage, black-pudding, gen. φύσκης Ar. Eq. 364, Pherecr. 45; pl. φύσκαι Cratin. 164 (troch.); nom. sg. φύσκη Eub. 63.6 (anap.), Dor. φύσκα prob.a nickname, ‘pot-belly’, Sophr. 23; acc. φύσκην Philem. 60.2.
    • II blister or weal on the hand, Sch. Ar. V. 1114 (nom. φύσκα).
    • III gall-bag on a plant, Dsc. Alex. 22.

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