bearsfoot, Acanthus mollis, a plant imitated in Corinthian capitals, Arist. Fr. 269 (prob.), cf. IG 4.1484.243 (Epid.); ὑγρὸς ἄ. Theoc. 1.55; ἄ. ἀγρία Acanthus spinosus, Dsc. 3.17.
spread or stretch around, χέρα [τινί] E. Hel. 628 (lyr.); κατάδεσμον π. ἥβης spread bathing-drawers over . . , Theopomp.Com. 37 (s. v.l.) ; [ὀθόνιον] τῷ ἀγγείῳ Dsc. 5.75 ; π. φοινικίδας spread them out, Aeschin. 3.76; ἄμπελος . . π. τὰ οἴναρα X. l.c.:— Pass., φορεῖον χρυσοῦν περιπεπετασμένον πορφύραν covered with . . , D.S. 31.8 ; ἀμφὶ δέπας περιπέπταται ὑγρὸς ἄκανθος is spread over it, Theoc. 1.55, cf. A.R. 1.1036 (tm.).
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soft, pliant, supple, of the eagleʼs back, Pi. P. 1.9; of the limbs and body, ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις E. Fr. 941, cf. Babr. 34.7; ὑγρὸς τὸ εἶδος, of Ἔρως, Pl. Smp. 196a; νεώτερος καὶ ὑγρότερος, opp. σκληρός, Id. Tht. 162b; χορῷ . . ἔτερπον κέαρ ὑγροῖσι ποσσί B. 16.108; ὑ. ὀρχηστής Poll. 4.96, cf. Arist. PA 655a24 ( Comp.); ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, X. Eq. 1.6; of a horseʼs neck, Id. Cyn. 4.1 (so in Adv. of colts, γόνατα ὑγρῶς κάμπτειν, ὑγρῶς τοῖς σκέλεσι χρῆσθαι, Id. Eq. 1.6, 10.15); of the hare, Id. Cyn. 5.31; of the jackal, ταχυτῆτι διαφέρει διὰ τὸ ὑγρὸς εἶναι καὶ πηδᾷ πόρρω Arist. HA 580a30; also of plants, ὑ. ἄκανθος Theoc. 1.55; ὑ. χολάδες Babr. 1.10; σῶμα ὑγρὸν κείμενον lying in an easy position, Hp. Prog. 3; ὑγρὸν χύτλασον σεαυτόν Ar. V. 1213; κέρας ὑ., of a bow, Theoc. 25.206.