ἀνθέω,
blossom, bloom, of the youthful beard, πρὶν.. ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἰούλους ἀνθῆσαι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.320 (the only place in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons, τυτθὸν δ᾽ ἀνθήσαντας ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἴουλον with the young down just showing, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1355 (from Geraneia), compare “APl.” 5.381. ] Refs]
__2 of flowers and plants, first in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 582, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39; στάχυς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 395] Refs 8th c.BC+]; flourish, ἀ. κυπάρισσοι[[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.46: with _dative_, ἄνθεσιν “hymnus ad Apollinem” 139; ῥόδοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).18: _metaphorically_, ἀνθοῦν πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον νεκροῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 659] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφρὸς ἤνσει (Laconian dialect) uncertain reading in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1257. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 bloom, be brilliant, shine with colour, etc., ἤνθει φοινικίσι.. ἡ στρατιά[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of linen garments, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.352d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 to be in bloom, blooming, Ἥβας καρπὸν ἀνθήσαντα[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.110; ἀνθοῦσαν ἀκμὴν ἔχων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὥρᾳ ἀνθεῖν to be in the bloom of youth, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475a; τὰ σὰ λήγει ὥρας, σὺ δ᾽ ἄρχῃ ἀνθεῖν [prev. author] Alcaeus1.131e, compare [prev. work]with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]