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|Full diacritics=ὑφαίνω
|Medium diacritics=ὑφαίνω
|Low diacritics=υφαίνω
|Capitals=ΥΦΑΙΝΩ
|Transliteration A=hyphaínō
|Transliteration B=hyphainō
|Transliteration C=yfaino
|Beta Code=u(fai/nw
|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῠ</b>], Ion. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑφαίνεσκον <span class="bibl">Od.19.149</span>: fut. ὑφᾰνῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 654</span> (anap.): aor. ὕφηνα <span class="bibl">Od.4.739</span>, <span class="bibl">13.303</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>586</span>, etc.; later <b class="b3">ὕφᾱνα</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>16.14</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 442 <span class="title">A</span>206 (ii B. C.), <span class="title">AP</span>6.265 (Noss.), <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>14; as Dor. form, <span class="bibl">B.5.9</span>, al.: pf. <b class="b3">ὕφαγκα</b> (συν-) <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 18</span>, (παρ-) <span class="bibl">Ph.Byz.<span class="title">Mir.</span>2.5</span>:—Med., v. infr.: aor. ὑφηνάμην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 87b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.6</span>:—Pass., aor. ὑφάνθην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>72c</span>, (ἐν-, συν-) <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.203</span>, <span class="bibl">5.105</span>: pf. ὕφασμαι <span class="bibl">Antiph.99</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.18, (ἐν-) <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.47</span>, (παρ-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.48</span>, but 3sg. ὕφανται <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.129</span>; a form <b class="b3">ὑφήφασμαι</b> is cited in Suid., <b class="b3">ὑφήφανται</b> in <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.32</span> B., ὑφήφασται <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>2.91</span> H., ὑφύφασται Zenod. ap. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>785.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.1436.51</span>: cf. <b class="b3">ἐξυφαίνω. [ῠ</b> exc. in augm. tenses.]:—<b class="b2">weave</b>, freq. in Hom., who always joins <b class="b3">ἱστὸν ὑφαίνειν</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ὑφάω</b>), <span class="bibl">Il.6.456</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.104</span>, al.; except in <span class="bibl">13.108</span>, <b class="b3">φάρε' ὑφαίνουσιν;</b> so ὑ. ὕφασμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1417</span>; χλαῖναν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>586</span>; ἱμάτιον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>368c</span>; ἐν εὐπήνοις ὑφαῖς ὑ. τι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>814</span>; ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι ταῦθ' ὑφαίνεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1143</span>; <b class="b3">ἀράχνια ὑ</b>., of spiders, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>542a13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">623a8</span>: abs., <b class="b2">weave, ply the loom</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.35</span>; αἱ ὑφαίνουσαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>717a36</span>; αἴγειροι πτελέαι τε ἐΰσκιον ἄλσος ὕφαινον <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.8</span> (cj. Heinsius for <b class="b3">ἔφαινον</b>):— Med., ἱμάτιον ὑφαίνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>87b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.6</span> sq.:—Pass., <b class="b3">λίθος ὑφαινομένη</b>, i.e. asbestos, <span class="bibl">Str.10.1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">contrive, plan</b>, of all schemes, good or bad, which are craftily imagined, freq. in Hom.; πυκινὸν δόλον ἄλλον ὕφαινε <span class="bibl">Il.6.187</span>; ἔνδοθι μῆτιν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Od.4.678</span>; <b class="b3">ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ὑφήνας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">739</span>; μῆτιν ὕφαινε μετὰ φρεσίν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.16.51</span>; δόλους καὶ μῆτιν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Od.9.422</span>; μύθους καὶ μήδεα πᾶσιν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Il.3.212</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>3ii10</span>P. (Pass.); <b class="b3">ταῦθ' ὕφηναν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τυραννίδι</b> this was <b class="b2">the plot they laid</b> against us to bring in tyranny, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 630</span>; πάντα . . ἐκ φρενὸς ὑφάνασα <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>14:—Med., <span class="bibl">Nicopho 5</span>: but <b class="b3">ὑφαίνεται</b> is f.l. for [[ὑφαίνετε]] in <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>ap. Stob.1.5.11 (v. Nauck<span class="title">TGF</span>2p.xx). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> generally, <b class="b2">create, construct</b>, οἰκοδομήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>116b</span>; ὄλβον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.141</span>; <b class="b3">θεμείλια Φοῖβος ὑφαίνει</b> he <b class="b2">lays</b> the foundation, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>57</span>; κηρὸν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Tryph.536</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀναίμου ὑφανθέντος [τοῦ σπληνός</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>72c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">compose, write</b>, <b class="b3">ποικίλον ἄνδημα</b> (metaph. of an ode) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>179</span>; ὕμνον <span class="bibl">B.5.9</span>. (<b class="b3">ὑφ-αίνω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">ὑφή, ὕφος</b>, OE. <b class="b2">wefan</b> 'weave', Skt. <b class="b2">ubhnāti</b> 'hold together, cover, bind'.)</span>
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