φλέψ: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=fle/y

|Definition=ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">φλεβός</b>: also masc., <b class="b3">φλέβες οἰδαίνοντες</b> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">οἰδαίνοντος</b>) <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>47.111</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">blood-vessel</b>, whether <b class="b2">vein</b> or <b class="b2">artery</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.546</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">187</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>230</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>825</span>; distd. from artery, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Alim.</span>31</span>; φλὲψ κοίλη <b class="b2">vena cava</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1011</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 497a14</span>; also called <b class="b3">φ. μεγάλη, μεγίστη</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">495b7</span>, <span class="bibl">496a26</span>; <b class="b3">φ. σπληνῖτις, ἡπατῖτις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">512a6</span>; φλέβες σπερματίτιδες <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.6</span> (also used of the <b class="b2">ureters</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>4</span>); γονίμη φλέψ <b class="b2">membrum virile</b>, AP 6.218 (Alc.), cf. Neophro (?) in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>77</span><span class="title">Fr.</span>2.7: so abs., <span class="title">APl.</span>4.261 (Leon.); φλεβὸς τροπωτήρ <span class="bibl">Xenarch.1.8</span>; <b class="b3">φλέβα σχάζειν</b> to open <b class="b2">a vein</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.58</span>; λύειν <span class="bibl">Posidon.72J.</span>; <b class="b3">οὗ ἂν ἡ φ. σφύζῃ</b> where the <b class="b2">vein</b> throbs, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>2.5.16</span>; αἱ φ. ἐξανίστανται Luc.<b class="b2">Bis Acc</b>. 11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">vein</b> of metal, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>326b35</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.36</span>, <span class="bibl">D.P. 1104</span>: <b class="b2">spring of</b> water, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>935b10</span>; αἱ φ. τῆς πηγῆς <span class="bibl">Plb.34.9.7</span>, cf. <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.467.5 (Didyma, iii A. D.), <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.5.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">vein</b> in plants, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>668a25</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.2.1</span>.</span>

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