φυτάλμιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=φυτάλμιον, also φυταλμία, φυτάλμιον Lyc.341: ([[φύω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[producing]], [[nourishing]], [[fostering]], [[epithet]] of gods, as of [[Poseidon]], ''Clara Rhodos'' 6/7.386 (Camirus, iii/ii B. C.), Plu.2.158e, ''IG''22.5051, 12(1).905 (Rhodes), etc.; of [[Zeus]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], cf. ''IG''12(5).13 (Ios); of parents, φυτάλμιοι γέροντες A.''Ag.''327; μητρὶ καὶ φ. πατρί [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''788; [[λέκτρα φυτάλμια]] = the [[marriage bed]], E.''Rh.''920; [[φυταλμία χθών]] Lyc.l.c.: [[τὸ φυτάλμιον]] = [[productive power]], Plu.2.994b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[by birth]], <b class="b3">ἀλαῶν ὀμμάτων ἆρα καὶ ἦσθα φυτάλμιος</b>; didst thou [[bring]] [[blind]] eyes with thee to life? S.''OC''151 (lyr.). ([[φυτάλμιος]] is said by ''EM''803.4. to be formed by metath. from [[φυτάλιμος]], which is prob. coined [[ad hoc]].)