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ὑποφύω ,
A.cause to grow up under, “τοῖσι δ᾽ ὑπὸ χθὼν φύεν ποίην” Il. 14.347:—Pass., fut. “-φύσομαι” Diog.Oen.29: aor. 2 “-εφύην” Arist. HA501b9: pf. “-πέφυκα” Gal.2.277:—grow up below or as a substitute, of flesh, Hp.VC17, Fract.33; of teeth, Arist. l. c.; of hoofs, ib.604a25: metaph., “ἂν [τὰς ῥίζας] ὑποτέμωμεν, οὐδὲν τῶν κακῶν ἡμῖν -φύσεται” Diog.Oen. l.c.:—ὑποφύει = ὑποφύεται is f.l. in Thphr.HP 4.15.2.
2. Pass., of muscles, to be inserted under, “τῷ δέρματι” Gal.2.246, UP3.11, cf. 4.10, al.
II. Pass. also, to be in process of growth, “ἐξειργάσατο τὴν τέχνην τὴν γραφικὴν ὑποφυομένην ἔτι” Ael. VH8.8.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.347
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 33
    • Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus, 17
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 8.8
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