φυτόν
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
τό, (φύω)
A plant (opp. ζῷον, Diog.Apoll.2, Pl.Phd.70d, R. 532b, Lg.889c), esp. garden plant or tree, φυτῶν ὄρχατοι Il.14.123; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ θρέψασα φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς 18.57, cf. Hes.Op.571, Pi.P. 9.58 (pl.), A.Eu.940 (lyr., pl.), E.Heracl.281(pl.), etc.; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων D.53.15; ἀμπέλων Thphr.CP1.12.9; φ. ἔγγεια Pl.R.546a; τὰ ἐκ γῆς φ. Id.Ti.60a: prov., αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ' ἔσεσθαι Lib.Ep.32.3. 2 sucker, slip, Arist.Mir.834a16. 3 = κυνόγλωσσον, Ps.-Dsc.4.127. II generally, creature, A.Supp. 281, etc.; γυναῖκες . . ἀθλιώτατον φ. (collective) most miserable creatures, E.Med.231; εἶτ' οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φ.; Alex.141.1; κακὸν φ. πέφυκεν . . γυνή Men.Mon.304; also in Pl., ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φ. Sph.233e; σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φ. Id.R.401a. 2 offspring, Χαρίτων φυτόν Theoc.28.7; φυτὸν οὐράνιον plant rooted in the sky, i.e. man, Pl.Ti.90a, cf. AP10.45 (Pall.(?)). 3 exceptionally, of iron, κακὸν φ. Call. in PSI9.1092.49.
