ἀνθοφορέω
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
A gather honey from flowers, of bees, Arist.HA625b19. II pioduce flowers, AP10.16 (Theaet.). III to be an ἀνθοφόρος 11, IG12(8).553 (Thasos) (-ίσασα lapis).
German (Pape)
[Seite 233] Blumen tragen, Arist. H. A. 9, 40; Theaet. Schol. 2 (X, 16).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνθοφορέω: φέρω μέλι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθέων, ἐπὶ μελισσῶν, αἱ μὲν ἀνθοφοροῦσιν, αἱ δὲ ὑδροφοροῦσιν Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 9. 40, 32. ΙΙ. φέρω, παράγω ἄνθη, λήιον ἐκ ῥοδέων ἀνθοφορεῖ καλύκων Ἀνθ. ΙΙ. 10. 16. 2) ὡς τὸ ἄνθινα φορεῖν, φορῶ ἀνθηρὰν καὶ πεποικιλμένην ἐσθῆτα, διάγω ὡς ἑταίρα, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 195.