ἀναβλαστάνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) +‎ βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̓νᾰβλᾰστᾰ́νω • (ănăblăstắnō)

  1. (intransitive):
    1. (of plants) shoot up
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 845d–e:
        ὕδωρ δὲ πάντων μὲν τὸ περὶ τὰς κηπείας διαφερόντως τρόφιμον, εὐδιάφθαρτον δέ· οὔτε γὰρ γῆν οὔτε ἥλιον οὔτε πνεύματα, τοῖς ὕδασι σύντροφα τῶν ἐκ γῆς ἀναβλαστανόντων, ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς, περὶ δὲ τὴν ὕδατος φύσιν ἐστὶν τὰ τοιαῦτα σύμπαντα δυνατὰ γίγνεσθαι· διὸ δὴ βοηθοῦ δεῖται νόμου.
        húdōr dè pántōn mèn tò perì tàs kēpeías diapheróntōs tróphimon, eudiáphtharton dé; oúte gàr gên oúte hḗlion oúte pneúmata, toîs húdasi súntropha tôn ek gês anablastanóntōn, rhāídion phtheírein pharmakeúsesin ḕ apotropaîs ḕ kaì klopaîs, perì dè tḕn húdatos phúsin estìn tà toiaûta súmpanta dunatà gígnesthai; diò dḕ boēthoû deîtai nómou.
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      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Isid. 2.366b
    2. (of monstrous births)
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Bruta anim. 991a
    3. shoot afresh
    4. (of a city)
    5. (of misfortunes) spring up
      • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.p92D:
        ἔδει δὲ ἐκ τοῦ Ἠετίωνος γόνου Κορίνθῳ κακὰ ἀναβλαστεῖν.
        édei dè ek toû Ēetíōnos gónou Korínthōi kakà anablasteîn.
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      • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.62.4:
        εἰ μέν νυν οἱ τεθνεῶτες ἀνεστᾶσι, προσδέκεό τοι καὶ Ἀστυάγεα τὸν Μῆδον ἐπαναστήσεσθαι· εἰ δ’ ἔστι ὥσπερ πρὸ τοῦ, οὐ μή τί τοι ἔκ γε ἐκείνου νεώτερον ἀναβλάστῃ.
        ei mén nun hoi tethneôtes anestâsi, prosdékeó toi kaì Astuágea tòn Mêdon epanastḗsesthai; ei d’ ésti hṓsper prò toû, ou mḗ tí toi ék ge ekeínou neṓteron anablástēi.
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      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Amat. 2.769a
  2. (transitive) put forth
    • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.304
    • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.118
    • 346 CEc. 414 CE, Eunapius, Fragmenta Historica 235.26–27:
      [] ἔρις δὲ αὐξηθεῖσα πολέμους ἀνεβλάστησε καὶ φόνους· []
      [] éris dè auxētheîsa polémous aneblástēse kaì phónous; []
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Conjugation

Synonyms

  • ᾰ̓νᾰβλᾰστέω (ănăblăstéō)

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