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χλο-άζω

chloazo

to be bright green

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What it meant

χλο-άζω · chlo-azō — LSJ

to be bright green

to be bright green, Arist. Mir. 846b13: esp. of plants, Corn. ND 28, Plu. Curios. 2.517d, Gp. 11.18.8; τὸ χλοάζον πᾶν Ael. VH 3.1.

II sprout, bud

sprout, bud, Nic. Th. 576; σπέρμα παρʼ ἀτραπιτοῖσι χλοάζον ib. 917.

III feed on grass

Med., feed on grass, Hippiatr. 97.

IV budding

metaph., ἄρτι χλοαζούσας αὐλητρίδας budding, cj. for χνο- in Metag. 4.3 (hex.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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