βλαστάνω

blastano

bud, sprout, grow

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book II 1
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362b1
Book VI 1
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498b5
Letters 1
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336b7
Phaedrus 1
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251b5
Timaeus 1
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76a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

βλαστάνω, S. OC 611, etc. (later βλαστέω, Thphr. CP 2.17.4(interpol. in A. Ch. 589, corrupt in Pass. -ουμένη S. Fr. 255.7)); Ion. impf. βλαστάνεσκε (v.l. βλάστεσκεν) Id. Fr. 546: fut. βλαστήσω Thphr. HP 2.7.2, βλαστήσομαι Alex. Trall.12: aor. 2 ἔβλαστον S. 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:—Α. bud, sprout, grow, prop. of plants, A. Th. 594, S. OC 697 (lyr.), Th. l.c., Ar. Nu. 1124, etc.; ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστεν; S. Fr. 341; εἰς ἴα σου . . , καὶ ἐς κρίνα βλαστήσειεν ὀστέα IG 14.607 (Carales). 2. metaph. in Poets, shoot forth, come to light, βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός, of Rhodes, Pi. O. 7.69; of children, to be born, Id. N. 8.7; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών born in manʼs nature, S. Aj. 761, cf. OT 1376, El. 440; ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμʼ ἔβλαστε Id. Ant. 296; β. δʼ ἀπιστία Id. OC 611; μέγιστʼ ἔβλαστε νόμιμα Id. El. 1095 (lyr.); not common in Prose, Th. l.c., Pl. R. 498b, Phdr. 251b, Iamb. Myst. 3.28. II. causal, make to grow, produce, propagate, in pres., Hp. Alim. 54: metaph., β. χάριτες εὔνοιαν Aristeas 230: mostly aor.1 ἐβλάστησα A.R. 1.1131; θεὸς . . ἄμπελον ἐβλάστησεν Nonn. D. 36.356, cf. LXX Ge. 1.11, Nu. 17.8:—Pass., βλαστηθείς Ph. 1.667.

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