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βλαστάνω

βλαστάνω

Ancient Greek

Verb

βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blastánō)

  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.
        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) (simple past βλάστησα)

  1. Alternative form of βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)

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