ἐξανθ-έω,
put out flowers, γῆ ἐξανθοῦσα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bloom, of flowers, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.7.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the growth of hair, ἐ. ἡ τῆς ἥβης τρίχωσις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 728b27: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἐ. ποικίλα] Refs 4th c.BC+] put forth varied flowers, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. φλόγα, σφῆκας, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35, “Cleom.” 9; μέλι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.23. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, burst forth from the surface, like an efflorescence, ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλαγος (variant{πέλανον}) ἐξανθεῖν ἁλός [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 300; ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσ᾽ ἐκάρπωσε στάχυν ἄτης ] Refs 5th c.BC+]bursting into flower, breaking out, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 821; ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ὑπολήψεως ἐξήνθησεν ἡ δόξα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1010a10; κακίαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 of ulcers, etc., break out, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 9; ἐ. λεύκη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 797b15; ὡς φλυκταίνας -ῆσαι “IG” 4.955.25 (Epid.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of the skin, τὸ ἔξωθεν σῶμα.. φλυκταίναις καὶ ἕλκεσιν ἐξηνθηκός breaking out with boils and ulcers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “D Mort.” 20.4; τὸ ἔδαφος σκόλοψι ἐξηνθήκει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.30; also πλῆθος μυῶν ἐξανθῆσαν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.48. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]