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ἐξανθέω, to put out flowers

ἐξανθ-έω,
  • put out flowers, γῆ ἐξανθοῦσα X. Cyn. 5.5; bloom, of flowers, Thphr. HP 4.7.2; of the growth of hair, ἐ. ἡ τῆς ἥβης τρίχωσις Arist. GA 728b27: c. acc. cogn., ἐ. ποικίλα put forth varied flowers, Luc. Pisc. 6; ἐ. φλόγα, σφῆκας, Plu. Alex. 35, Cleom. 9; μέλι Alciphr. 3.23.
      • 2 metaph., burst forth from the surface, like an efflorescence, ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλαγος (v.l. πέλανον) ἐξανθεῖν ἁλός E. IT 300; ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσʼ ἐκάρπωσε στάχυν ἄτης bursting into flower, breaking out, A. Pers. 821; ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ὑπολήψεως ἐξήνθησεν ἡ δόξα Arist. Metaph. 1010a10; κακίαι Plu. Thes. 6.
      • 3 of ulcers, etc., break out, Hp. de Arte 9; ἐ. λεύκη Arist. Col. 797b15; ὡς φλυκταίνας -ῆσαι IG 4.955.25 (Epid.); also of the skin, τὸ ἔξωθεν σῶμα . . φλυκταίναις καὶ ἕλκεσιν ἐξηνθηκός breaking out with boils and ulcers, Th. 2.49, cf. Luc. D Mort. 6[20].4; τὸ ἔδαφος σκόλοψι ἐξηνθήκει Luc. VH 2.30; also πλῆθος μυῶν ἐξανθῆσαν Str. 13.1.48.
    • II to be past its bloom, lose its bloom, of colour, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.287d; of wine, ib.QConv. 692c; ἐξηνθηκυῖα ἐλαία, i.e. when the flower has dropped and the fruit is forming, Dsc. 3.125.
      • 2 metaph., degenerate, run wild, πέφυκεν ἀνδρεία . . κατὰ μὲν ἀρχὰς ἀκμάζειν ῥώμῃ, τελευτῶσα δὲ ἐξανθεῖν . . μανίαις Pl. Plt. 310d; τὸν ἐγγύτατα χρόνον ἀεὶ τῆς ἀφέσεως κάλλιστα πάντα διάγει . . τελευτῶντος δὲ ἐξανθεῖ τοῦ χρόνου (sc. ὁ κόσμος) ib. 273d.

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