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φλέψ

phleps

vein

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. φλέψ · phleps — Beekes

φλέψ, -εβός [f.] ‘vein’ (N 546), also metaphorically ‘metal-vein, spring (of water)’ (X., Arist., Plb. etc.), ‘vein of a plant’ (Hp. Thphr.). «PG?> *COMP φλεβοτομέω (to φλέβα τέμνω) ‘to bleed’, -τομία, Ion. -in [f.] ‘bloodletting’ (Hp., etc.), -τόμησις, -τομική (late medic.), -τόμον [n.] ‘device for bloodletting’ (late medic., Luc.); ἐπίφλεβος ‘having the veins on top, with prominent veins’ (Hp., Arist.), also … — [Beekes, s.v. φλέψ, p. 1629]

2. φλέψ · phleps — Chantraine

φλέψ, φλεδός : 1. 1. « vaisseau sanguin », indifféremment «veine» ou «artères (Hom., Hdt., etc.); spécialement « veine ν (Hp., E., Arist.) ; 2. « uretère » (Hp.) ; 3. « membre viril» (Diog. Apoll., Xenarch., CGFPR n° 350, fr. 2,85 Austin, AP, Anth. Plan.) ; 4. « veine » de métal dans une mine (X., Arist., etc.), « veine » d’eau courante souterraine (Arist., Plb., etc.) ; 5. «vaisseau + d'une plante (Arist., Thphr.); … — [Chantraine, s.v. φλέψ, p. 1231]

3. φλέψ · phleps — Chantraine

φλέψ — 1212 — sémantique propre au grec. Pour d’autres éfargissements de la racine *bhel-, voir s.uu. φλίω, φλύω. — [Chantraine, s.v. φλέψ, p. 1232]

4. φλέψ · phleps — Frisk

φλέψ, -εβός f. “ΒΙαϊθαοι᾽ (seit N 546), auch übertr. “Metall-, Quellader’ (X., Arist., Plb. usw.), "Pflanzenader’ (Hp., Thphr.; ausführlich Strömberg Theophrastea 134ff.). Kompp., z.B. φλεβο-τομέω (: φλέβα τέμνω) ‘Ader lassen’ mit -τομία, ion. -in f. ‘das Aderlassen’ (Hp. usw.), -τόμησις, -Towxn (sp. Mediz.), «τόμον n. “Werkzeug zum Aderlassen’ (sp. Mediz., Luk.); ἐπίφλεβος “die Adern oben drauf habend, mit … — [Frisk, s.v. φλέψ, p. 1997]

5. φλέψ · phleps — LSJ

blood-vessel, vein, artery, vena cava, ureters, membrum virile, a vein, vein

blood-vessel, whether vein or artery, Il. 13.546, Hdt. 4.2, 187, A. Fr. 230, S. Ph. 825; distd. from artery, Hp. Alim. 31; φλὲψ κοίλη vena cava, Id. Vict. 1.9, E. Ion 1011, Arist. HA 497a14; also called φ. μεγάλη, μεγίστη, ib. 495b7, 496a26; φ. σπληνῖτις, ἡπατῖτις, ib. 512a6; φλέβες σπερματίτιδες Diog.Apoll. 6 (also used of the ureters, Hp. Oss. 4); γονίμη φλέψ membrum virile, AP 6.218 (Alc.), cf. Neophro (?) in PLit.Lond. 77Fr. 2.7: so abs., APl. 16.261 (Leon.); φλεβὸς τροπωτήρ Xenarch. 1.8; φλ

2 vein, spring of

vein of metal, X. Vect. 1.5, Arist. GC 326b35, D.S. 2.36, D.P. 1104: spring of water, Arist. Pr. 935b10; αἱ φ. τῆς πηγῆς Plb. 34.9.7, cf. Supp.Epigr. 4.467.5 (Didyma, iii A. D.), Gp. 2.5.6.

3 vein

vein in plants, Arist. PA 668a25, Thphr. HP 1.2.1.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. φλέψ (scan p. 1629; entry #6407). Root candidates: *b’el-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. φλέψ (scan p. 1231; entry #8503). Root candidates: *bhel-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. φλέψ (scan p. 1997; entry #5954).

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