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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pluck off flowers]]: metaph., <b class="b3">ματαίαν γλῶσσαν ἀπανθίσαι</b> [[cull the flowers of]] idle talk, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1662</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄρης φιλεῖ . . τὰ λῷστα πάντ' ἀπανθίζειν</b> (Kidd for <b class="b3">πάντα τἀνθρώπων</b>) [[cut off]] all the best, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 100</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπανθίζειν ἐπεχείρει τοὺς Φρύγας Ἀχιλλεύς</b> Polion ap.<span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span> p.162</span> B.:—Med., [[gather honey from flowers]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>6</span>; [[pick out flowers]], [[Asin]].<span class="bibl">54</span>: metaph., [[cull the best of]] a thing, Plu.2.3cd, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>39</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.1.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., to [[be withered]], <span class="bibl">Phryn. <span class="title">PS</span>p.9B.</span></span>