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Ἐξήνθησεν · blossomed (ε 1737) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε1737

ε1733fastened to, hanging from, having [something] attached to oneself
ε1734cut off, mowed down
ε1735it was in one's power
ε1736having enslaved
ε1737blossomed
ε1738beflowered, colored
ε1739unbridled
ε1740the stake deceived the vine
ε1741beguiled

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1737

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Ἐξήνθησεν

blossomed

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jun 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

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3 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] sprouted, bloomed.¹ But e)ch/nqise [means he/she/it] gathered flowers.² But e)canqi/zw [also means] I dye; as in "you have colored the dyed [garments] in variegated [hues]."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξήνθησεν· ἀνεβλάστησεν, ἀνέθαλλεν. Ἐξήνθισε δὲ τὸ ἄνθη συνέλεξεν. καὶ Ἐξανθίζω δὲ τὸ βάπτω· ὡς τό, ποικίλας ἐξηνθίκατε τὰς βαφάς.

Betacode

*)ech/nqhsen: a)nebla/sthsen, a)ne/qallen. *)ech/nqise de\ to\ a)/nqh sune/lecen. kai\ *)ecanqi/zw de\ to\ ba/ptw: w(s to/, poiki/las e)chnqi/kate ta\s bafa/s.

Notes (3)

Of the two verbs differentiated in this entry, the second (although presumably extracted from somewhere) is attested only here. The first -- see next note -- occurs in (e.g.) Aristotle's Metaphysics and five times in the Septuagint.
1Aorist of e)canqe/w, third person singular; cf. epsilon 1543. ↩
2Aorist of e)canqi/zw, third person singular. Similarly glossed, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
3cf. epsilon 1543, epsilon 1738.

Linked from2 entries

ε1543ἘξανθίζωI decorate with flower-colorsThe [verb which means] I dye; as in, "you have colored the dyed [garments] in variegated [hues]." But e)canqw= [means] I burst into bloom, as in "the desert blossomed."
ε1738Ἐξηνθισμέναιbeflowered, colored[Meaning women who have been] adorned with flower-[colors], such as white lead, rouge, and the like. "We who sit beflowered, wearing saffron robes and beautified, and [wearing] Kimberine straight tunics and slippers…

Neighbouring entries

ε1735Ἐξῆνit was in one's power ε1736Ἐξηνδραποδισμένονhaving enslaved ε1737Ἐξήνθησενblossomed ε1738Ἐξηνθισμέναιbeflowered, colored ε1739Ἐξήνιονunbridled

Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Jan 2016

17 Jan 2016added primary note and more keywords; coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2012Revised — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2007tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐξήνθησεν (Adler number epsilon 1737), trans. Catharine Roth, 8 Jun 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1737

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗