Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἐξανθ-έω

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put out flowers,

ἐξανθ-έω,

A. 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 forthvariedflowers,

Luc. Pisc. 6 ;ἐ. φλόγα, σφῆκας,

Plu. Alex. 35 , Cleom. 9 ; μέλι

Alciphr. 3.23

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2. metaph.,burst forth fromthe surface,likean efflorescence,ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλαγος( v.l. πέλανον ) ἐξανθεῖν ἁλός

E. IT 300

; ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦς' ἐκάρπωσε στάχυν ἄτης bursting into flower, breaking out,

A. Pers. 821

; ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ὑπολήψεως ἐξήνθησεν ἡ δόξα

Browse lexicon entries

Arist. Metaph. 1010a10

; κακίαι

Plu. Thes. 6

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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 outwith boils and ulcers, Th. 2.49 , cf. Luc.

D Mort.

20.4 ; τὸ ἔδαφος σκόλοψι ἐξηνθήκει

Luc. VH 2.30

; also πλῆθος μυῶν ἐξανθῆσαν

Str. 13.1.48

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II. to be past its bloom, lose its bloom,of colour, Plu. 2.287d ; of wine, ib. 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 .

References

X. Cyn. 5.5
Thphr. HP 4.7.2
Arist. GA 728b27
Luc. Pisc. 6
Plu. Alex. 35
Cleom. 9
Alciphr. 3.23
E. IT 300
A. Pers. 821
Arist. Metaph. 1010a10
Plu. Thes. 6
Hp. de Arte 9
Arist. Col. 797b15
IG 4.955.25
Th. 2.49
Luc.
20.4
Luc. VH 2.30
Str. 13.1.48
Plu. 2.287d
692c
Dsc. 3.125
Pl. Plt. 310d
273d