φλέψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. φλεβός: also masc., φλέβες οἰδαίνοντες ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] οἰδαίνοντος) Nonn.D.47.111:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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 [[φλὲψ μεγάλη]], [[φλὲψ μεγίστη]], ib.495b7, 496a26; φλὲψ [[σπληνῖτις]], φλὲψ [[ἡπατῖτις]], ib.512a6; φλέβες σπερματίτιδες Diog.Apoll.6 (also used of the [[ureter]]s, 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 φλὲψ σφύζῃ [[where]] the [[vein]] [[throb]]s, Hp.Epid.2.5.16; αἱ φ. ἐξανίστανται Luc.Bis Acc. 11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[vein]] in [[plant]]s, Arist.PA668a25, Thphr.HP1.2.1.