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ἐξανεμόω

ἐξανεμόω, to blow out with wind, inflate

ἐξᾰνεμ-όω,
  • blow out with wind, inflate:—Pass., to be inflated, Hp. Mul. 1.34; to be impregnated by the wind, of mares, Arist. HA 572a13, cf. Ael. NA 4.6: metaph., Ἥρα ἐξηνέμωσε τἄμʼ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ λέχη E. Hel. 32:—Pass., ἐξηνεμώθην μωρίᾳ I was puffed up, Id. Andr. 938, cf. Ph. 1.698.
    • II Pass., of corn, to be parched by wind, ‘wind-bitten’, Thphr. HP 8.10.3.
      • 2 of hair, float in the wind, Apollod. 1.6.3.
    • III metaph., excite, εἰς δρόμον ἐ. τινά Ael. NA 13.11:—Pass., τὴν διάνοιαν ἐξηνεμώθη ib. 15.29.

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