ἀπόφῠσις,εως,ἡ,
A. side-shoot,
Thphr. HP 6.4.4 , Plb. 18.18.10 (pl.): metaph., μιᾶς φύσεως ἀποφύσεις
Dam. Pr. 100
.
II. in Anatomy,processof a bone, i. e. theprominenceto which a tendon is attached, Hp. Art. 45 ; ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής processus dentatus,
Gal. UP 12.7
, etc.; ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς
Ruf. Onom. 142
; of theβρογχίαι,ib. 159 .
2. branchof an artery, Gal. 8.319 ; of a nerve, Id. UP 9.9 ; of the urethra, ib. 15.3 (butἀ. σκωληκοειδήςis f.l.for ἐπίφυσις , ib. 8.14 ; the two words distd. by Id. 2.733 ).
III. Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, Vitr. 4.7.3 .