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ἐφαπλόω

ἐφαπλόω, to spread out or unfold over

ἐφαπλ-όω,
  • spread or unfold over, ἄωτον Orph. A. 1336: c. gen., λέων . . γυῖα γῆς ἐφαπλώσας Babr. 95.2; στῆθος ἐφαπλώσας . . ὄχθης Nonn. D. 15.9: c. dat., δίκτυα νεπόδεσσιν ἐ. ib. 20.385; ἐρετμοῖς χεῖρας Orph. A. 457: metaph., ἐ. τὸ ἀγαθὸν διὰ τοῦ κόσμου Hierocl. in CA 21 p.467 M.:—Pass., τοὺς ἐμπροσθίους πόδας ἐφηπλῶσθαι ταῖς χερσί to have the skin of the front feet spread over the hands, Longus 1.20; σκότος ἐφήπλωται v.l. in Plu. Superst. 2.167a.

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