ἐμφύω
emphyo
implant
Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐμφύω, A. implant, θεὸς δέ μοι ἐν φρεσὶν οῐμας παντοίας ἐνέφυσεν planted them in my soul, Od. 22.348; ἐμφῦσαι ἔρωτά τινι Mem. 1.4.7; νόον τινί Eleg. ap. 7.337f, cf. 1.631,al. II. Pass., with pf. ἐμπέφῡκα and aor. 2 ἐνέφῡν: pf. subj. ἐμπεφύῃ 396: 1. grow in or on, τινί, ὅθι τε τρίχες ἱππων κρανίῳ ἐμπεφύασι (Ep. for ἐμπεφύκασι) Il. 8.84; τὰ ἐμφυόμενα Aër. 5; ἐμφύεσθαι ἐν [νήσῳ] 2.156: hence of qualities, φθόνος ἀρχῆθεν ἐμφύεται ἀνθρώπῳ is implanted in him, 3.80; ᾧ (sc. μάντει) τἀληθὲς ἐμπέφυκεν OT 299; τὸ πιστὸν ἐμφῦναι φρενί OC 1488; πάντʼ ἐμπέφυκε τῷ γήρᾳ κακά Fr. 949; τὸ μῶρον γυναιξὶν ἐμπέφυκε Hipp. 967; οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι is set by nature on the body, Med. 519; κακία τῇ πόλει ἐμφύεται Mem. 3.5.17, etc.: the pf. part. abs., innate, νόσημα πόλεως ἐ. Lg. 736a, cf. 863b. 2. to be rooted in, cling closely, ὣς ἔχετʼ ἐμπεφῠυῖα (Ep. part.) she hung on clinging, Il. 1.513; ἔν τʼ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί clung fast to his hand, clasped his hand tight, as a warm greeting, 6.253, etc.; ἔφυν ἐν χερσί Od. 10.397; ἐν χείρεσσι φύοντο 24.410; so χεῖρες . . ἐμπεφυκυῖαι ἦσαν τοῖσι ἐπισπαστῆρσι stuck fast to the handles, 6.91; ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι OC 1113, cf. Ion 891 (anap.); ὀδὰξ ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips hard, in suppressed anger, Od. 1.381, 18.410, 20.268 (so ἐμφῦσαι ὀδόντας to fix the teeth in, NA 14.8); ἀμὺξ ἐμφῦναι Th. 131: c. gen., 11.31 (s.v.l.): abs., ἐμφύς 3.109; ἐμφὺς ὡς βδέλλα 2.56; ἐμπεφυκὼς πόνος fixed pain, ap. 8.110. 3. metaph., cling to, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς παρασκευαῖς 2.342c; τοῖς ἠθικοῖς καὶ πολιτικοῖς δόγμασι Cat.Mi. 4; τοῖς πολεμίοις Nic. 14; τὴν πόλιν ἀφέντας -φῦναι ταῖς ναυσίν Them. 9.
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