ἐπι-φύω,
A. make to grow, produce onorbesides,
Thphr. HP 1.9.3 .
II.
Pass. , withaor. 2andpf.
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 withoutὑμήν, the conjunctiva,
Gal. 7.101 , Steph. in Hp. 1.88
D. : hence,adhere, cling closely to(cf.ἐμφύω),ἀμφοῖν τοῖν χεροῖνwith both hands, Plb. 12.10.6 , cf. D.S. 36.15 ; esp. of dogs,ἐ. τοῖς θηρίοις stick close tothem,runthemhard,
Plu. Luc. 1 : metaph., τοῖς πλείστοις..οἷον κῆρες ἐπιπεφύκασιν
Pl. Lg. 937d
, cf. Ph. 1.345 ;cleave to, ἀγαθοῖςinterpol. in Plu. 2.6c ;attack, τινι