φλέψ

A. blood-vessel, whether vein or artery, Il. 13.546, Hdt. 4.2, 187, A. Fr. 230, S. Ph. 825; distd. from artery, Hp. Alim. 31; φλὲψ κοίλη vena cava, Id. Vict. 1.9, E. Ion 1011, Arist. HA 497a14; also called φ. μεγάλη, μεγίστη, ib.495b7, 496a26; φ. σπληνῖτις, ἡπατῖτις, ib.512a6; φλέβες σπερματίτιδες Diog.Apoll. 6 (also used of the ureters, Hp. Oss. 4); γονίμη φλέψ membrum virile, AP 6.218 (Alc.), cf. Neophro (?) in PLit.Lond. 77 Fr. 2.7: so abs., APl. 4.261 (Leon.); φλεβὸς τροπωτήρ Xenarch. 1.8; φλέβα σχάζειν to open a vein, X. HG 5.4.58; λύειν Posidon. 72J.; οὗ ἂν ἡ φ. σφύζῃ where the vein throbs, Hp. Epid. 2.5.16; αἱ φ. ἐξανίστανται Luc. Bis Acc. 11.

2. vein of metal, X. Vect. 1.5, Arist. GC 326b35, D.S. 2.36, D.P. 1104: spring of water, Arist. Pr. 935b10; αἱ φ. τῆς πηγῆς Plb. 34.9.7, cf. Supp.Epigr. 4.467.5 (Didyma, iii A. D.), Gp. 2.5.6.

3. vein in plants, Arist. PA 668a25, Thphr. HP 1.2.1.