ἐξανθέω

A. put out flowers, γῆ ἐξανθοῦσα X. Cyn. 5.5; bloom, of flowers, Thphr. HP 4.7.2; of the growth of hair, ἐ. ἡ τῆς ἥβης τρίχωσις Arist. GA 728b27: 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. IT 300; 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 Arte 9; ἐ. λεύκη Arist. Col. 797b15; ὡς φλυκταίνας ‐ῆσαι IG 4.955.25 (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. VH 2.30; 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.

2. metaph., degenerate, run wild, πέφυκεν ἀνδρεία . . κατὰ μὲν ἀρχὰς ἀκμάζειν ῥώμῃ, τελευτῶσα δὲ ἐξανθεῖν . . μανίαις Pl. Plt. 310d; τὸν ἐγγύτατα χρόνον ἀεὶ τῆς ἀφέσεως κάλλιστα πάντα διάγει . . τελευτῶντος δὲ ἐξανθεῖ τοῦ χρόνου (sc. ὁ κόσμος) ib.273d.