Ancient Greek edit

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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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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.
        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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βλαστάνω (vlastáno) (past βλάστησα)

  1. Alternative form of βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)

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see: βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)