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|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bloom]], [[be in flower]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.131</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jb.</span>14.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., of any thing that [[forms on the surface]], <b class="b3">ἅλμην ἐπανθέουσαν [τοῖι ὄρεσι</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.11.13.2</span>; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>978</span>; τὸ τρυφερὸν . . ἐπὶ τοῖς μήλοις ἐπανθεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>903</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπανθοῦσαν τρίχα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">13</span>; also of hair turning grey, κύκνου . . πολιώτεραι δὴ αἵδ' ἐπανθοῦσιν τρίχες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1065</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, to [[be upon the surface]], τρηχύτης ἐπήνθει <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.43</span>; ἐμοὶ . . ἐπάνθεεν ἁδύ τι κάλλος <span class="bibl">Theoc.20.21</span>; ἐπὶ σμικρῷ ἰκτέρῳ ἡ χροιὴ μέζων ἐπανθέει <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[show itself]], [[appear plainly]], τοὐπιχώριον ἐπανθεῖ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1174</span>; ὅπερ . . παισὶ καὶ θηρίοις . . σύμφυτον ἐπανθεῖ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>710a</span>; τῷΙσοκράτει πολλαὶ χάριτες ἐπήνθουν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>19</span>; πᾶσιν ἐπανθεῖ . . ἡ χάρις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Im.</span>9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>55</span>; τῷ προσώπῳ τὸ θηριῶδες ἐ. <span class="bibl">Callistr. <span class="title">Stat.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ -οῦντα τῇ αἰσθήσει τῶν ζῴων θελκτήρια</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> to [[be bright]], πτερίσκοις πορφυροῖς ἐπανθούντων <span class="bibl">Babr. 118.5</span>.</span>