A.young branch, shoot, sucker, sapling, Od.6.128; “ὥς τις π. ηὐξόμην” E.Hec.20; “πτόρθοισι δάφνης” Id.Ion103 (anap.); “μαλάχης” Ar.Pl.544; “οἱ π. καὶ οἱ νέοι κλῶνες” Pl.Prt. 334b, cf. Thphr.CP5.1.3; “πτόρθους ἁπαλοὺς ἀποτρώγουσαι” Eup.14.2: generally, branch, Arist.PA687a2, etc.; π. μέγας, of Heracles' club, APl.4.103 (Tull. Gem.).
II. sprouting, budding, Hes.Op.421.