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ἐμφύω

emphuo

implant, planted, in

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What it meant

ἐμφύω · emphyō — LSJ

implant, planted, in

implant, θεὸς δέ μοι ἐν φρεσὶν οἴμας παντοίας ἐνέφυσεν planted them in my soul, Od. 22.348; ἐμφῦσαι ἔρωτά τινι X. Mem. 1.4.7; νόον τινί Eleg. ap. Ath. 7.337f, cf. Ph. 1.631, al.

II

Pass., with pf. ἐμπέφῡκα and aor. 2 ἐνέφῡν: pf. subj. ἐμπεφύῃ Thgn. 396:

1 grow in, on, is implanted, is set by nature on, innate

grow in or on, τινί, ὅθι τε τρίχες ἵππων κρανίῳ ἐμπεφύασι (Ep. for ἐμπεφύκασι) Il. 8.84; τὰ ἐμφυόμενα Hp. Aër. 5; ἐμφύεσθαι ἐν [νήσῳ] Hdt. 2.156: hence of qualities, φθόνος ἀρχῆθεν ἐμφύεται ἀνθρώπῳ is implanted in him, Id. 3.80; ᾧ (sc. μάντει) τἀληθὲς ἐμπέφυκεν S. OT 299; τὸ πιστὸν ἐμφῦναι φρενί Id. OC 1488; πάντʼ ἐμπέφυκε τῷ γήρᾳ κακά Id. Fr. 949; τὸ μῶρον γυναιξὶν ἐμπέφυκε E. Hipp. 967; οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι is set by nature on the body, Id. Med. 519; κακία τῇ πόλει ἐμφύεται X. Mem.

2 to be rooted in, cling closely, clinging, clung fast, clasped, tight, stuck fast, biting, hard, to fix, in, fixed

to be rooted in, cling closely, ὣς ἔχετʼ ἐμπεφῠυῖα (Ep. part.) she hung on clinging, Il. 1.513; ἔν τʼ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί clung fast to his hand, clasped his hand tight, as a warm greeting, 6.253, etc.; ἔφυν ἐν χερσί Od. 10.397; ἐν χείρεσσι φύοντο 24.410; so χεῖρες . . ἐμπεφυκυῖαι ἦσαν τοῖσι ἐπισπαστῆρσι stuck fast to the handles, Hdt. 6.91; ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι S. OC 1113, cf. E. Ion 891 (anap.); ὀδὰξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips hard, in suppressed anger, Od. 1.381, 18.410, 20.268 (so ἐμφῦσαι ὀ

3 cling to

metaph., cling to, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς παρασκευαῖς Plu. Alex. fort. 2.342c; τοῖς ἠθικοῖς καὶ πολιτικοῖς δόγμασι Id. Cat.Mi. 4; τοῖς πολεμίοις Id. Nic. 14; τὴν πόλιν ἀφέντας -φῦναι ταῖς ναυσίν Id. Them. 9.

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