φυτόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (φύω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">plant</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ζῷον</b>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>70d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span> 532b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>889c</span>), esp. <b class="b2">garden plant</b> or <b class="b2">tree</b>, φυτῶν ὄρχατοι <span class="bibl">Il.14.123</span>; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ θρέψασα φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς <span class="bibl">18.57</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>571</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 9.58</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>940</span> (lyr., pl.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>281</span>(pl.), etc.; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων <span class="bibl">D.53.15</span>; ἀμπέλων <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>1.12.9</span>; φ. ἔγγεια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>546a</span>; τὰ ἐκ γῆς φ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>60a</span>: prov., αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ' ἔσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>32.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sucker, slip</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>834a16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[κυνόγλωσσον]], Ps.-Dsc.4.127. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, <b class="b2">creature</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 281</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">γυναῖκες . . ἀθλιώτατον φ</b>. (collective) most miserable <b class="b2">creatures</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>231</span>; εἶτ' οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φ.; <span class="bibl">Alex.141.1</span>; κακὸν φ. πέφυκεν . . γυνή <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>304</span>; also in Pl., ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>233e</span>; σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>401a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">offspring</b>, Χαρίτων φυτόν <span class="bibl">Theoc.28.7</span>; <b class="b3">φυτὸν οὐράνιον</b> <b class="b2">plant</b> rooted in the sky, i.e. man, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>90a</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>10.45 (Pall.(?)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> exceptionally, of iron, κακὸν φ. Call. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>9.1092.49</span>.</span>