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ἐκφύω

ekphuo

generate, beget, bear

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκφύω · ekphyō — LSJ

generate, beget

generate: mostly of the male, beget, S. OT 437, 827, etc.; ὃς ἐξέφυσεν Ἀερόπης λέκτρων ἄπο Ἀγαμέμνονʼ E. Hel. 391.

2 bear

rarely of the female, bear, S. OC 984.

3 produce, germinate

generally, produce, ἡ γῆ κατὰ καιρὸν ἐκφύουσα πάντα Arist. Mu. 397a26; ἐ. κέρατα Id. HA 611b13: abs., of seed, germinate, D. 24.154.

II to be engendered, born from, born

Pass., with pf. and aor. 2 Act., to be engendered, born from, κεφαλαὶ τρεῖς ἑνὸς αὐχένος ἐκπεφυυῖαι (Ep. pf. part.) Il. 11.40; πατρός, μητρὸς ἐκφῦναι, S. Aj. 487, 1295, E. Ion 542; λάλημα ἐκπεφυκός a born tattler, S. Ant. 320.

2 grow, spring, take rise

grow, of hair, μέχρις ἂν [αἱ τρίχες] ἐκφυῶσι Archig. ap. Gal. 12.407; spring, take rise, of muscles, ib. 18(2).981.

III

intr. in pres. Act., ἕλκεα ἐκφύουσιν Hp. Epid. 6.5.15, cf. Arist. Pr. 883b26.

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