φλέψ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. φλεβός: also masc., φλέβες οἰδαίνοντες (nisi leg. οἰδαίνοντος) Nonn.D.47.111:—
A blood-vessel, whether vein or artery, Il.13.546, Hdt.4.2, 187, A.Fr.230, S.Ph.825; distd. from artery, Hp. Alim.31; φλὲψ κοίλη vena cava, Id.Vict.1.9, E.Ion1011, Arist.HA 497a14; also called φ. μεγάλη, μεγίστη, ib.495b7, 496a26; φ. σπληνῖτις, ἡπατῖτις, ib.512a6; φλέβες σπερματίτιδες Diog.Apoll.6 (also used of the ureters, Hp.Oss.4); γονίμη φλέψ membrum virile, AP 6.218 (Alc.), cf. Neophro (?) in PLit.Lond.77Fr.2.7: so abs., APl.4.261 (Leon.); φλεβὸς τροπωτήρ Xenarch.1.8; φλέβα σχάζειν to open a vein, X.HG5.4.58; λύειν Posidon.72J.; οὗ ἂν ἡ φ. σφύζῃ where the vein throbs, Hp.Epid.2.5.16; αἱ φ. ἐξανίστανται Luc.Bis Acc. 11. 2 vein of metal, X.Vect.1.5, Arist.GC326b35, D.S.2.36, D.P. 1104: spring of water, Arist.Pr.935b10; αἱ φ. τῆς πηγῆς Plb.34.9.7, cf. Supp.Epigr.4.467.5 (Didyma, iii A. D.), Gp.2.5.6. 3 vein in plants, Arist.PA668a25, Thphr.HP1.2.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1291] φλεβός, ἡ, 1) die Blutader, im belebten Körper; Il. 13, 546, Her. 4, 2. 187; Soph. Phil. 814, Ar. Th. 694; Plut. u. Folgde. – 2) jede Ader, Wasserader, Metallader, Xen. Vect. 1, 5; Ader im Holz, Stein u. andern Massen, Sp.; – γονίμη φλέψ, das männliche Zeugungsglied, Alc. 8 (VI, 218); auch ohne den Zusatz, Leon. Tar. 21 (Plan. 261); Philp. 5 (VI, 94).
