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|Definition=(A), ους, τό. gen. pl. <b class="b3">ἀνθέων</b>, freq. used for <b class="b3">ἀνθῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>896</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.5</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>, <span class="bibl">Eub.105</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristag.3</span>; but <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀνθῶν <span class="bibl">Pherecr.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 115a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.5</span>:—[[blossom]], [[flower]], πέτονται ἐπ' ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν <span class="bibl">Il.2.89</span>; ὑακινθίνῳ ἄνθει ὁμοίας <span class="bibl">Od.6.231</span>; βρύει ἄνθεϊ λευκῷ <span class="bibl">Il.17.56</span>; τέρεν' ἄνθεα ποίης <span class="bibl">Od.9.449</span>; ἐπ' ἄνθεσιν ἵζειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>403</span>; δένδρα καὶ ἄνθη καὶ καρπούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110d</span>; ἡ κατ' ἄνθη δίαιτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>196a</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνθεα τεθρίππων</b> [[the chaplets of flowers]] which graced them, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.50</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">7.80</span>; [<b class="b3">Δάφνιν] φέρβον μαλακοῖς ἄνθεσσι μέλισσαι</b>, i.e. with honey, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.81</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">anything thrown out upon the surface, eruption</b>, προσώπου <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>416</span>; cf. [[ἐξανθέω]]. [[froth]] or [[scum]], ἄ. οἴνου Gal.11.628, <span class="title">Gp.</span>6.3.9,7.15.6; <b class="b3">ἄνθη χαλκοῦ</b>, = [[χάλκανθος]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>257</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. χαλκοῦ</b>, v. [[χαλκός; ἄ. χρυσοῦ]], = [[ἀδάμας]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in pl., [[embroidered flowers]] on garments, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.5</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>557c</span>, Cypr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[bloom]], [[flower]] of life, ἥβης ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.13.484</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 4.158</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>663</span>; ἥβης ἄνθεσι <span class="bibl">Sol.25</span>; κουρήιον ἄ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>108</span>; ὥρας ἄ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.14</span>; παῖς καλὸν ἄ. ἔχων <span class="bibl">Thgn.994</span>; <b class="b3">χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄ</b>. [[the bloom]] of complexion, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τοῦ σώματος ἄ</b>. its [[youthful bloom]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183e</span>; ὅταν [τὰ πρόσωπα] τὸ ἄ. προλίπῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>601b</span>; also, [[the flower]] of an army and the like, ἄ. Ἄργους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>197</span>; ἄ. Περσίδος αἴας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">252</span>,<span class="bibl">925</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>876</span> (lyr.); ὅ τι ἦν αὐτῶν ἄ. ἀπολώλει <span class="bibl">Th.4.133</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνθεα ὕμνων νεωτέρων</b> <b class="b2">the choice flowers</b> of new songs, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.48</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σὸν . . ἄ, παντέχνου πυρὸς σέλας</b> thy [[pride]] or [[honour]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄνθη</b> [[flowers]] or <b class="b2">choice passages, elegant extracts</b>, APl.4.274, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>16.11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> like [[ἀκμή]], [[the bloom]], i.e. [[height]] of anything, bad as well as good, δηξίθυμον ἔρωτος ἄ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>743</span>; ἀκήλητον μανίας ἄ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>999</span>; ἀ. τοῦ νοῦ <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Alc.</span>p.248C.</span>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 70</span>; τῆς οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Ti.</span>1.412D.</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς ψυχῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">472D.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[brightness]], [[brilliancy]], as of gold, <span class="bibl">Thgn.452</span>; χαλκήϊον ἄ. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 174</span>; of dyes, [[lustre]], PHolm.17.37; freq. of purple, in sg., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>429d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>547a7</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>3.6.1</span>; ἁλὸς ἄνθεα <span class="title">AP</span>6.206 (Antip. Sid.); of [[bright colours]] generally, περιβόλαια παντὸς ἄνθους <span class="bibl">D.H.7.72</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. θαλάσσιον</b> seaweed [[dye]], Ps.-Democr.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.42B.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἄ. πεδινόν</b>, = [[ἀνθεμίς]], Ps.-Dsc.3.136.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἄνθος</span> (B), ὁ, a kind of <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bird]], perh. <b class="b2">the yellow wagtail</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 592b25</span>,<span class="bibl">609b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.48</span>.</span>