ἀπόφυσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A side-shoot, Thphr.HP6.4.4, Plb.18.18.10(pl.): metaph., μιᾶς φύσεως ἀποφύσεις Dam.Pr.100.    II in Anatomy, process of a bone, i. e. the prominence to which a tendon is attached, Hp.Art.45; ἀ. ὀδοντοειδής processus dentatus, Gal.UP12.7, etc.; ἀ. στυλοειδεῖς Ruf.Onom.142; of the βρογχίαι, ib.159.    2 branch of an artery, Gal.8.319; of a nerve, Id.UP9.9; of the urethra, ib.15.3 (but ἀ. σκωληκοειδής is f.l.for ἐπίφυσις, ib.8.14; the two words distd. by Id.2.733).    III Archit., member connecting shaft and base of column, Vitr.4.7.3.

German (Pape)

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