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παρυφαίνω

παρυφαίνω, to furnish with a hem

παρῠφ-αίνω, pf. παρύφαγκα Ph.Byz. Mir. 2.5:—
  • weave beside or along, ἐσθὴς παρυφασμένη a garment with a purple hem or border (παρυφή), D.S. 12.21; παρυφασμένα ὅπλα armed men hemming in an unarmed crowd, X. Cyr. 5.4.48; παρύφανται . . τῷ στομάχῳ . . πόρος is set along its edge, Arist. HA 529a15, cf. PA 676b21, PPetr. 3 p.305 (iii B.C.).
    • II excel in weaving, τινα Philostr. Im. 2.28.

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