φυτόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[φύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[plant]] (opp. [[ζῷον]], Diog.Apoll.2, Pl.Phd.70d, R. 532b, Lg.889c), esp. [[garden]] [[plant]] or [[tree]], φυτῶν ὄρχατοι = [[orchard]]s 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 [[ἀκρόδρυον|ἀκροδρύων]] D.53.15; ἀμπέλων Thphr.CP1.12.9; φυτὰ ἔγγεια Pl.R.546a; τὰ ἐκ γῆς φυτά = the [[plant]]s that the [[earth]] [[produce]]s Id.Ti.60a: [[proverb|prov.]], αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ' ἔσεσθαι = [[fruitful]] [[plant]]s [[show]] it [[straightaway]], Lat. [[protinus]] apparet quae plantae [[frugifer|frugiferae]] [[futurus|futurae]], Lib.Ep.32.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sucker]], [[slip]], Arist.Mir.834a16.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[κυνόγλωσσον]] ([[hound's tongue]], [[Cynoglossum columnae]]), Ps.-Dsc.4.127.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[creature]], A.Supp. 281, etc.; [[γυνή|γυναῖκες]] . . ἀθλιώτατον φυτόν (collective) = [[women]]... are the [[most]] [[miserable]] of [[creature]]s, E.Med.231; εἶτ' οὐ [[περίεργος|περίεργόν]] ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φυτόν = sure is not man a most superfluous plant; Alex.141.1; κακὸν φυτὸν πέφυκεν ἐν βίῳ [[γυνή]] = a [[bad]] [[wife]] [[grow]]s like a [[bad]] [[plant]] in [[life]] Men.Mon.304; also in Pl., ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φυτά = [[me]], [[you]], and the other [[being]]s, Sph.233e; σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φυτῶν Id.R.401a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[offspring]], Χαρίτων φυτόν Theoc.28.7; φυτὸν [[οὐράνιος|οὐράνιον]] = [[plant]] [[root]]ed in the [[sky]], i.e. [[man]], Pl.Ti.90a, cf. AP10.45 (Pall.(?)).<br><span class="bld">3</span> exceptionally, of [[iron]], κακὸν φυτόν Call. in PSI9.1092.49.