A.put out flowers, “γῆ ἐξανθοῦσα” X.Cyn.5.5; bloom, of flowers, Thphr.HP4.7.2; of the growth of hair, “ἐ. ἡ τῆς ἥβης τρίχωσις” Arist.GA728b27: c. acc. cogn., ἐ. ποικίλα put forth varied flowers, Luc.Pisc.6; ἐ. φλόγα, σφῆκας, Plu.Alex.35, Cleom.9; “μέλι” Alciphr.3.23.
2. metaph., burst forth from the surface, like an efflorescence, ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλαγος (v.l. πέλανον）“ ἐξανθεῖν ἁλός” E. IT300; “ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσ᾽ ἐκάρπωσε στάχυν ἄτης” bursting into flower, breaking out, A.Pers.821; “ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ὑπολήψεως ἐξήνθησεν ἡ δόξα” Arist.Metaph.1010a10; “κακίαι” Plu.Thes.6.
3. of ulcers, etc., break out, Hp.de Arte9; “ἐ. λεύκη” Arist.Col.797b15; “ὡς φλυκταίνας -ῆσαι” IG4.955.25 (Epid.); also of the skin, τὸ ἔξωθεν σῶμα . . φλυκταίναις καὶ ἕλκεσιν ἐξηνθηκός breaking out with boils and ulcers, Th.2.49, cf. Luc.D Mort.20.4; “τὸ ἔδαφος σκόλοψι ἐξηνθήκει” Luc.VH2.30; also “πλῆθος μυῶν ἐξανθῆσαν” Str.13.1.48.
II. to be past its bloom, lose its bloom, of colour, Plu.2.287d; of wine, ib.692c; ἐξηνθηκυῖα ἐλαία, i.e. when the flower has dropped and the fruit is forming, Dsc.3.125.
