ἀπόφυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[side-shoot]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.18.10</span>(pl.): metaph., μιᾶς φύσεως ἀποφύσεις <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>100</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Anatomy, [[process]] of a bone, i. e. the [[prominence]] to which a tendon is attached, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>45</span>; ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής [[processus dentatus]], <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>12.7</span>, etc.; ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>142</span>; of the [[βρογχίαι]], ib.<span class="bibl">159</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[branch]] of an artery, Gal.8.319; of a nerve, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">UP</span>9.9</span>; of the urethra, ib.<span class="bibl">15.3</span> (but <b class="b3">ἀ. σκωληκοειδής</b> is f.l.for [[ἐπίφυσις]], ib.<span class="bibl">8.14</span>; the two words distd. by Id.2.733). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, Vitr.4.7.3.</span>