βλαστάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Denominal of βλαστός (blastós, germ, sprout). Origin uncertain, often compared to either βλωθρός (blōthrós, tall), which see, or German Blatt (leaf, blade). As for the latter, if from *bʰleh₃-, compare φύλλον (phúllon) and German Blütenstand from the same root.

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    Verb

    βλᾰστᾰ́νω • (blăstắnō)

    1. (intransitive, of plants) to sprout, bud, begin to grow
      1. (intransitive, chiefly poetic, figuratively, of people) to sprout up: be born
        • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 911–912:
          Μητρὸς δ’ ἐν Ἅιδου καὶ πατρὸς κεκευθότοιν
          οὐκ ἔστ’ ἀδελφὸς ὅστις ἂν βλάστοι ποτέ.
          Mētròs d’ en Háidou kaì patròs kekeuthótoin
          ouk ést’ adelphòs hóstis àn blástoi poté.
          With my mother and father hid in Hades,
          there is no brother who can ever be born [for me].
    2. (transitive, causative) to produce, propagate

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    Greek

    Verb

    βλαστάνω • (vlastáno) (past βλάστησα)

    1. alternative form of βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)

    Conjugation

    see: βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)