ἐπιφύω

ἐπι-φύω,

• make to grow, produce on or besides, Thphr. HP 1.9.3.
• • II Pass., with aor. 2 and pf. Act., ἐπέφῡν, ἐπιπέφυκα:—grow upon, [τῷ σήματι] ἐπιπέφυκε ἐλαίη Hdt. 4.34; esp. as an excrescence, Arist. HA 605a3; ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐ. μελανίαι Plb. 1.81.7; ὁ ἐπιπεφυκώς, with or without ὑμήν, the conjunctiva, Gal. 7.101, Steph. in Hp. 1.88 D.: hence, adhere, cling closely to (cf. ἐμφύω), ἀμφοῖν τοῖν χεροῖν with both hands, Plb. 12.10.6, cf. D.S. 36.15; esp. of dogs, ἐ. τοῖς θηρίοις stick close to them, run them hard, Plu. Luc. 1: metaph., τοῖς πλείστοις..οἷον κῆρες ἐπιπεφύκασιν Pl. Lg. 937d, cf. Ph. 1.345; cleave to, ἀγαθοῖς interpol. in Plu. Lib.educ. 2.6c; attack, τινι Id. Pomp. 51; δόγματι, opp. ὑπερδικεῖν, Id. QConv. 2.694e, cf. Jul. Or. 2.86b; ἐπιφύντα νέον ἄνδρα an upstart interloper, Plu. Cleom. 16.

ἐπιφύω, (φύω), darüber, darauf wachsen lassen, erzeugen, Theophr.
Med. nebst perf. u. aor.2 act. darauf, daran wachsen, ἐπιφυομένου τοῦ δέρματος Arist. H.A. 1.10 ; Theophr.; ἐπιπέφυκε τῷ σήματι ἐλαίη Her. 4.34 ; ἐπὶ ταῖς μήτραις ἐπιπέφυκεν ἡ καπρία Arist. H.A. 9.50 ; übertr., daran haften, τοῖς πλείστοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἷον κῆρες ἐπιπεφύκασιν Plat. Legg. XI.937d ; sich fest an Etwas hängen, ἀγαθοῖς ἐπιφύεσθαι Plut. educ.lib. 9 ; festhalten, ἀπρὶξ ἀμφοῖν ταῖν χεροῖν ἐπέφυ Pol. 12.11.6. – Auch angreifen, tadeln, τινί, Sp., wie Ath. XI.507c ; auf dem Nacken sitzen, Plut. Ant. 58 ; ἐπεφύοντο Alex. 55 ; von der Jagd, ὥσπερ θηρίοις σκύλακες Plut. Luc. 1 ; ἐπιφύντα νέον ἄνδρα, nachgewachsen, später geboren, Cleom.16.

ἐπιφύω fut. ύσω

• • Ito produce on or besides, Theophr.
  • IIPass., with aor2 and perf. act. ἐπέφῡν, ἐπιπέφῡκα, to grow upon, c. dat., Hdt.:— of dogs, to stick close to, Plut.
  • • 2to be born after, Plut.