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|mdlsjtxt=φύ˘σις, εως, [φύω]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[nature]], [[natural]] qualities, powers, [[constitution]], [[condition]], of a [[person]] or [[thing]], Od., Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> like φυή, [[form]], [[stature]], ἢ νόον ἤ τοι φύσιν [[either]] in [[mind]] or [[outward]] [[form]], Pind.; τὸν δὲ Λάϊον, φύσιν τίν' εἶχε, φράζε Soph.; τὴν ἐμὴν ἰδὼν φύσιν Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the [[mind]], one's [[nature]], [[natural]] [[bent]], powers, [[character]], Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> often periphr., πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ' ὀργάνειας, i. e. would'st [[provoke]] a [[stone]], Soph.; ἡ φ. [[αὐτοῦ]] for [[αὐτός]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[nature]], i. e. the [[order]] or law of [[nature]], κατὰ φύσιν πεφυκέναι to be made so by [[nature]], [[naturally]], Hdt., etc.;—opp. to παρὰ φύσιν, Eur., Thuc.; so, [[προδότης]] ἐκ φύσεως a [[traitor]] by [[nature]], Aeschin.:—so, in dat. φύσει, by [[nature]], [[naturally]], Ar., etc.:—f4usin 24exei, c. inf., it is [[natural]] that . . , Hdt., Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[origin]], [[birth]], φύσει γεγονότες εὖ Hdt.; φ. [[νεώτερος]] Soph.; so, τὴν φύσιν Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[nature]], [[universe]], Plat., Arist.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> as a [[concrete]] [[term]], creatures, animals (cf. φύστισ), θνητὴ φ. man [[kind]], Soph.; πόντου εἰναλία φ. the creatures of the sea, Soph.; θήλεια φ. [[woman]]- [[kind]], Xen.; οἱ τοιαῦται [[φύσεις]] [[such]] creatures as these, Isocr.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> a [[nature]], [[kind]], [[sort]], βιοτῆς [[φύσις]] Soph.: [[species]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> sex, Soph., Thuc.

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