φυσάω
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Ψωλίς. παρὰ τὸ ἐμφυσᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὄρεξιν τῶν ἀφροδισίων, καὶ φύσει φυσῶδες ἐστί. οὕτω Σωρανός
Translation (En)
Psōlis "glans": from the fact it is swollen (emphusâsthai) because of the desire for the pleasures of love, and it is by nature swollen. This is what Soranus says
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis, p. 112 (ψωλὴ δὲ, παρὰ τὸ ἐμφυσάσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὄρεξιν τῶν ἀφροδισίων· καὶ ὅτι φυσῶδες φύσει παράπτωμα ἐστίν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ψῶ, τὸ ἅπτομαι καὶ κνήθω· κνησμὸς γάρ τις ἐστὶ τὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 74 (ψωλὴ δὲ παρὰ τὸ ἐμφυσᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὄρεξιν τῶν ἀφροδισίων ἢ παρὰ τὸ ψῶ, τὸ ἅπτομαι καὶ κνήθω· κνησμός ἐστι τὰ τῆς ἡδονῆς); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 819 (Ψωλή: Παρὰ τὸ ἐμφυσᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὄρεξιν τῶν ἀφροδισίων, ὅτι καὶ φύσει φυσώδης ἐστί)
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology, relying on a syncope φυσ > φσ > ψ.