βλαστάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''611, etc. (later βλαστέω, Thphr.''CP''2.17.4(interpol. in A. ''Ch.''589, corrupt in Pass.<br><span class="bld">A</span> -ουμένη [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''255.7)); Ion. impf. [[βλαστάνεσκε]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[βλάστεσκεν]]) Id.''Fr.''546: fut. βλαστήσω Thphr.''HP'' 2.7.2, βλαστήσομαι Alex. Trall.12: aor. 2 ἔβλαστον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''341, etc.: aor. 1 ἐβλάστησα Emp.21.10, Hp.''Nat.Puer.''26, etc. (not in Att.): pf. βεβλάστηκα Id.''Oss.''12, Hellanic. 1 (b) J., Plu.2.684c; ἐβλάστηκα E.''IA'' 594 (lyr.), Eup.329: plpf. ἐβεβλαστήκει Th.3.26:—[[bud]], [[sprout]], [[grow]], prop. of plants, A. ''Th.''594, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''697 (lyr.), Th.l.c., Ar.''Nu.''1124, etc.; <b class="b3">ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστεν</b>; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''341; εἰς ἴα σου... καὶ ἐς κρίνα βλαστήσειεν ὀστέα ''IG''14.607 (Carales).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph.in Poets, [[shoot forth]], [[come to light]], <b class="b3">βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός</b>, of Rhodes, Pi.''O.''7.69; of children, to [[be born]], Id.''N.''8.7; <b class="b3">ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών</b> [[born]] in man's nature, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''761, cf. ''OT''1376, ''El.''440; ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ' ἔβλαστε Id.''Ant.'' 296; β. δ' ἀπιστία Id.''OC''611; μέγιστ' ἔβλαστε νόμιμα Id.''El.''1095 (lyr.); not common in Prose, Th. [[l.c.]], Pl.''R.''498b, ''Phdr.''251b, Iamb.''Myst.''3.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, [[make to grow]], [[produce]], [[propagate]], in pres., Hp.''Alim.''54: metaph., <b class="b3">β. χάριτες εὔνοιαν</b> Aristeas 230: mostly aor.1 ἐβλάστησα A.R.1.1131; θεὸς… ἄμπελον ἐβλάστησεν [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 36.356, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''1.11, ''Nu.''17.8:—Pass., βλαστηθείς Ph.1.667.