ὑφαίνω

ὑφαίνω [ῠ], Ion. impf. ὑφαίνεσκον Od. 19.149: fut. ὑφᾰνῶ Ar. Ec. 654 (anap.): aor. ὕφηνα Od. 4.739, 13.303, Ar. Lys. 586, etc.; later ὕφᾱνα, LXXJd. 16.14, Inscr.Délos 442 A 206 (ii B. C.), AP 6.265 (Noss.), Hymn.Is. 14; as Dor. form, B. 5.9, al.: pf. ὕφαγκα (συν-) D.H. Comp. 18, (παρ-) Ph.Byz. Mir. 2.5:—Med., v. infr.: aor. ὑφηνάμην Pl. Phd. 87b, X. Mem. 3.11.6:—Pass., aor. ὑφάνθην Pl. Ti. 72c, (ἐν-, συν-) Hdt. 1.203, 5.105: pf. ὕφασμαι Antiph. 99, Luc. VH 1.18, (ἐν-) Hdt. 3.47, (παρ-) X. Cyr. 5.4.48, but 3sg. ὕφανται S.E. M. 8.129; a form ὑφήφασμαι is cited in Suid., ὑφήφανται in Phryn. PSp.32 B., ὑφήφασται Choerob. in Theod. 2.91 H., ὑφύφασται Zenod. ap. EM 785.46, Eust. 1436.51: cf. ἐξυφαίνω. [ῠ exc. in augm. tenses.]:—A. weave, freq. in Hom., who always joins ἱστὸν ὑφαίνειν (cf. ὑφάω), Il. 6.456, Od. 2.104, al.; except in 13.108, φάρεʼ ὑφαίνουσιν; so ὑ. ὕφασμα E. Ion 1417; χλαῖναν Ar. Lys. 586; ἱμάτιον Pl. Hp.Mi. 368c; ἐν εὐπήνοις ὑφαῖς ὑ. τι E. IT 814; ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι ταῦθʼ ὑφαίνεται Ar. V. 1143; ἀράχνια ὑ., of spiders, Arist. HA 542a13, cf. 623a8: abs., weave, ply the loom, Hdt. 2.35; αἱ ὑφαίνουσαι Arist. GA 717a36; αἴγειροι πτελέαι τε ἐΰσκιον ἄλσος ὕφαινον Theoc. 7.8 (cj. Heinsius for ἔφαινον):— Med., ἱμάτιον ὑφαίνεσθαι Pl. Phd. 87b, cf. X. Mem. 3.11.6 sq.:—Pass., λίθος ὑφαινομένη, i.e. asbestos, Str. 10.1.6. II. contrive, plan, of all schemes, good or bad, which are craftily imagined, freq. in Hom.; πυκινὸν δόλον ἄλλον ὕφαινε Il. 6.187; ἔνδοθι μῆτιν ὑ. Od. 4.678; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ὑφήνας ib.739; μῆτιν ὕφαινε μετὰ φρεσίν Hes. Sc. 28, cf. B. 16.51; δόλους καὶ μῆτιν ὑ. Od. 9.422; μύθους καὶ μήδεα πᾶσιν ὑ. Il. 3.212, cf. Call. Fr. 3ii10P. (Pass.); ταῦθʼ ὕφηναν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τυραννίδι this was the plot they laid against us to bring in tyranny, Ar. Lys. 630; πάντα . . ἐκ φρενὸς ὑφάνασα Hymn.Is. 14:—Med., Nicopho 5: but ὑφαίνεται is f.l. for ὑφαίνετε in Lyr.Adesp.ap. Stob. 1.5.11 (v. NauckTGF 2p.xx). III. generally, create, construct, οἰκοδομήματα Pl. Criti. 116b; ὄλβον Pi. P. 4.141; θεμείλια Φοῖβος ὑφαίνει he lays the foundation, Call. Ap. 57; κηρὸν ὑ. Tryph. 536:—Pass., ἀναίμου ὑφανθέντος [τοῦ σπληνός] Pl. Ti. 72c. 2. compose, write, ποικίλον ἄνδημα (metaph. of an ode) Pi. Fr. 179; ὕμνον B. 5.9. (ὑφ-αίνω, cf. ὑφή, ὕφος, OE. wefan ‘weave’, Skt. ubhnāti ‘hold together, cover, bind’.)