ὑφαίνω

ὑφαίνω [ῠ], [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf.

A

ὑφαίνεσκον Od.19.149

: [tense] fut.

ὑφᾰνῶ Ar.Ec. 654

(anap.): [tense] aor.

ὕφηνα Od.4.739

, 13.303, Ar.Lys.586, etc.; later ὕφᾱνα, LXXJd.16.14, Inscr.Délos 442 A206 (ii B. C.), AP6.265 (Noss.), Hymn.Is.14; as [dialect] Dor. form, B.5.9, al.: [tense] pf. ὕφαγκα ([etym.] συν-) D.H.Comp. 18, ([etym.] παρ-) Ph.Byz.Mir.2.5:—[voice] Med., v. infr.: [tense] aor.

ὑφηνάμην Pl.Phd. 87b

, X.Mem.3.11.6:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ὑφάνθην Pl.Ti.72c

, ([etym.] ἐν-, συν-) Hdt. 1.203, 5.105: [tense] pf.

ὕφασμαι Antiph.99

, Luc.VH1.18, ([etym.] ἐν-) Hdt. 3.47, ([etym.] παρ-) X.Cyr.5.4.48, but [ per.] 3sg.

ὕφανται S.E.M.8.129

; a form ὑφήφασμαι is cited in Suid., ὑφήφανται in Phryn.PSp.32 B.,

ὑφήφασται Choerob. in Theod.2.91

H.,

ὑφύφασται Zenod.

ap. EM785.46, Eust.1436.51: cf. ἐξυφαίνω. [ῠ exc. in augm. tenses.]:—weave, freq. in Hom., who always joins ἱστὸν ὑφαίνειν (cf. ὑφάω), Il.6.456, Od.2.104, al.; except in 13.108, φάρε' ὑφαίνουσιν; so

ὑ. ὕφασμα E.Ion 1417

;

χλαῖναν Ar.Lys.586

;

ἱμάτιον Pl.Hp.Mi.368c

;

ἐν εὐπήνοις ὑφαῖς ὑ. τι E.IT814

;

ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι ταῦθ' ὑφαίνεται Ar.V.1143

; ἀράχνια ὑ., of spiders, Arist.HA542a13, cf. 623a8: abs., weave, ply the loom, Hdt.2.35;

αἱ ὑφαίνουσαι Arist.GA717a36

;

αἴγειροι πτελέαι τε ἐΰσκιον ἄλσος ὕφαινον Theoc.7.8

(cj. Heinsius for ἔφαινον):— [voice] Med.,

ἱμάτιον ὑφαίνεσθαι Pl.Phd.87b

, cf. X.Mem.3.11.6 sq.:—[voice] Pass., λίθος ὑφαινομένη, i.e. asbestos, Str.10.1.6.

II contrive, plan, of all schemes, good or bad, which are craftily imagined, freq. in Hom.;

πυκινὸν δόλον ἄλλον ὕφαινε Il.6.187

;

ἔνδοθι μῆτιν ὑ. Od.4.678

; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ὑφήνας ib.739;

μῆτιν ὕφαινε μετὰ φρεσίν Hes.Sc.28

, cf. B.16.51;

δόλους καὶ μῆτιν ὑ. Od.9.422

;

μύθους καὶ μήδεα πᾶσιν ὑ. Il.3.212

, cf. Call.Fr.3ii10P. ([voice] Pass.); ταῦθ' ὕφηναν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τυραννίδι this was the plot they laid against us to bring in tyranny, Ar.Lys. 630;

πάντα . . ἐκ φρενὸς ὑφάνασα Hymn.Is.14

:—[voice] Med., Nicopho 5: but ὑφαίνεται is f.l. for ὑφαίνετε in Lyr.Adesp.ap. Stob.1.5.11 (v. NauckTGF2p.xx).

III generally, create, construct,

οἰκοδομήματα Pl.Criti.116b

;

ὄλβον Pi.P.4.141

; θεμείλια Φοῖβος ὑφαίνει he lays the foundation, Call.Ap.57;

κηρὸν ὑ. Tryph.536

:—[voice] Pass., ἀναίμου ὑφανθέντος [τοῦ σπληνός] Pl.Ti.72c.

2 compose, write, ποικίλον ἄνδημα (metaph. of an ode) Pi.Fr.179;

ὕμνον B.5.9

. (ὑφ-αίνω, cf. ὑφή, ὕφος, OE. wefan 'weave', Skt. ubhnāti 'hold together, cover, bind'.)