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|Definition=Dor. φῠά, ἡ, (φύω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">growth, stature</b>, esp. <b class="b2">fine growth, noble stature</b>, in Hom., always (as in Hes.) of the human form, and only in acc., θηήσαντο φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ἀγητόν <span class="bibl">Il.22.370</span>; φυὴν ἐδάην καὶ μήδεα <span class="bibl">3.208</span>; most freq. in adv. sense, <b class="b3">Νέστορι δίῳ εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε φυήν τ' ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει</b> in shape and in stature and <b class="b2">in size</b> (or [[growth]]), <span class="bibl">2.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.6.152</span>; οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χερείων, οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτ' ἂρ φρένας <span class="bibl">Il.1.115</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.5.212</span>, <span class="bibl">7.210</span>; φυήν γε μὲν οὐ κακός ἐστι <span class="bibl">8.134</span>; χρυσέῳ [γένει] οὔτε φυὴν ἐναλίγκιον οὔτε νόημα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>129</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sc.</span>88</span>, <span class="bibl">B.5.168</span>; later, in gen., οὔτε φυῆς ἐπιδευέες οὔτε νόοιο <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.160</span>; rare in Trag., τὴν τάλαιναν εὔμορφον φ. A.<span class="title">Niob.</span> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1208.8</span>; φυὰν Γοργόνος ἴσχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>461</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., of animals, plants, or objects, ἐμβάλλων ἐριπλεύρῳ φυᾷ κέντρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.235</span>; κάνθαρος . . Αἰτναῖος φυήν S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>300; also <b class="b3">τερπόμεναι ῥοδέῃ φ</b>. of roses, <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.36</span>; of beans, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span> 6</span>; of things, <b class="b3">ἀνέβη ἡ φ. τοῖς τείχεσιν</b> their <b class="b2">original form</b> was restored, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ne.</span>4.7(1)</span>; ἐὰν κατὰ φυὰν διαφθαρῇ τις τῶν λίθων <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.40 (Lebad., ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> poet. for <b class="b3">φύσις</b>, <b class="b2">nature, genius</b>, σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.86</span>; μάρνασθαι φυᾷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>1.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>7(6).22</span>; φυᾷ τὸ γενναῖον ἐπιπρέπει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>8.44</span>; τὸ δὲ φυᾷ κράτιστον ἅπαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span> 9.100</span>; δεινὸς φυήν <span class="bibl">Cratin.221</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">the flower</b> or <b class="b2">prime of age</b>, εὐάνθεμος φυά <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[substance]], ἀναίμων ἐστὶ φυὴ μελέων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.639</span>; νεφροὶ τὴν φ. ἀδενώδεες <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">μερόπων φυή</b> <b class="b2">the race</b> of men, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.183.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> [[produce]] of a year, [[harvest]], φ. τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>708.4</span> (ii A. D.), cf. <span class="title">Pland.</span>26.12 (i A. D.), etc.—Poet. and later Prose.</span>