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|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, gen. [[φύσεως]], poet. [[φύσεος]] prob. (metri gr.) in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 886</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1282</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1458</span> (lyr.), Ion. [[φύσιος]]: dual [[φύσει]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[φύση]]) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>410e</span>, ([[φύω]]): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[origin]], φ. οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν οὐδὲ . . τελευτή <span class="bibl">Emp.8.1</span> (cf. Plu.2.1112a); φ. βούλονται λέγειν γένεσιν τὴν περὶ τὰ πρῶτα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>892c</span>; ἡ φύσις ἡ λεγομένη ὡς γένεσις ὁδός ἐστιν εἰς φύσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>193b12</span>; φ. λέγεται ἡ τῶν φυομένων γένεσις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1014b16</span>; freq. of persons, [[birth]], φύσει νεώτερος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1295</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>1301</span>, etc.; φύσι γεγονότες εὖ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.134</span>; [[φύσει]], opp. [[θέσει]] (by adoption), <span class="bibl">D.L.9.25</span>; φύσει Ἀμβρακιώτης, δημοποίητος δὲ Σικυώνιος <span class="bibl">Ath.4.183d</span>; so <b class="b3">ὁ κατὰ φύσιν πατήρ, υἱός, ἀδελφός</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb. 3.9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">3.12.3</span>, <span class="bibl">11.2.2</span>; also in acc., ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>325</span>; <b class="b3">ἢ φίλων τις ἢ πρὸς αἵματος φύσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[growth]], [[τριχῶν]], [[παιδίου]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>20</span>,<span class="bibl">29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">27</span>: pl., γενειάσεις καὶ φύσεις κεράτων <span class="bibl">Plot.4.3.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the [[natural]] [[form]] or [[constitution]] of a person or thing as the [[result]] of [[growth]] (οἷον ἕκαστόν ἐστι τῆς γενέσεως τελεσθείσης, ταύτην φαμὲν τὴν φύσιν εἶναι ἑκάστου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1252b33</span>): hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[nature]], [[constitution]], once in Hom., <b class="b3">καί μοι φύσιν αὐτοῦ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῦ φαρμάκου</b>) ἔδειξε <span class="bibl">Od.10.303</span>; φ. τῆς χώρης <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.5</span>; τῆς Ἀττικῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>1.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>16.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.146</span>, etc.; τῆς τριχός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.5</span>; [[αἷμα|αἵματος]], [[ἀέρος]], etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>648a21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>340a36</span>, etc.: pl., φύσεις ἐγγιγνομένας καρπῶν καὶ δένδρων <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.74</span>; αἱ φύσεις καὶ δυνάμεις τῶν πολιτειῶν <span class="bibl">Id.12.134</span>; ἡ τῶν ἀριθμῶν φ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>525c</span>; ἡ τῶν πάντων φύσις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.11</span>, etc.; ἡ ἰδία τοῦ πράγματος φ. <span class="title">IG</span>22.1099.28 (Epist.Plotinae). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[outward]] [[form]], [[appearance]], μέζονας ἢ κατ' ἀνθρώπων φύσιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.38</span>; <b class="b3">ἢ νόον ἤτοι φύσιν</b> either in mind or [[outward form]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.5</span>; οὐ γὰρ φ. Ὠαριωνείαν ἔλαχεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).49</span> (<span class="bibl">67</span>); μορφῆς δ' οὐχ ὁμόστολος φ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>496</span>; τὸν δὲ Λάϊον φύσιν τίν' εἶχε φράζε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>740</span> (read [[εἷρπε]], taking [[φ]]. with [[ἔχων]]), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>379</span>; <b class="b3">δρακαίνης φ. ἔχουσαν ἀγρίαν</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1358</span>; τὴν ἐμὴν ἰδὼν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1071</span> (troch.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>503</span>; τὴν τοῦ σώματος φ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.75</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Medic., [[constitution]], [[temperament]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.2</span> (pl.), al.; ἡ φύσις καὶ ἡ ἕξις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Acut.</span>43</span>; φ. φύσιος καὶ ἡλικία ἡλικίης διαφέρει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fract.</span>7</span>; φύσιες νούσων ἰητροί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[natural]] [[place]] or [[position]] of a [[bone]] or [[joint]], <b class="b3">ἀποπηδᾶν ἀπὸ τῆς φύσεως, ἐς τὴν φύσιν ἄγεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Art.</span>61</span>, <span class="bibl">62</span>, al.; ὀστέον μένον ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ φ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VC</span>5</span>, al.; φύσιες τῶν ἄρθρων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of the mind, one's [[nature]], [[character]], ἦθος ἕκαστον, ὅπῃ φ. ἐστὶν ἑκάστῳ <span class="bibl">Emp.110.5</span>; εὐγενὴς γὰρ ἡ φύσις κἀξ εὐγενῶν . . ἡ σή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>874</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν αὑτοῦ φ. λιπεῖν, δεῖξαι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">902</span>,<span class="bibl">1310</span>; φ. φρενός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>103</span> (anap.); ἡ ἀνθρωπεία φ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>; φ. τῆς μορφῆς καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.2</span>; ὀνόματι μεμπτὸν τὸ νόθον, ἡ φύσις δ' ἴση <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>168</span>; <b class="b3">φ. φιλόσοφος, τυραννική</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>410e</span>, <span class="bibl">576a</span>, etc.; δεξιοὶ φύσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>489</span>; ἀκμαῖοι φύσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>441</span>; τὸ γὰρ ἀποστῆναι χαλεπὸν φύσεος, ἣν ἔχοι τις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1458</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1282</span> (lyr.); Σόλων . . ἦν φιλόδημος τὴν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1187</span>; ἔνιοι ὄντες ὡς ἀληθῶς τοῦ δήμου τὴν φύσιν οὐ δημοτικοί εἰσι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.19</span>; <b class="b3">φύσεως ἰσχύς</b> [[force]] of [[natural]] [[power]]s, <span class="bibl">Th.1.138</span>; <b class="b3">φύσεως κακία</b> [[badness]] of [[natural]] [[disposition]], <span class="bibl">D.20.140</span>; ἀγαθοὶ . . γίγνονται διὰ τριῶν, τὰ τρία δὲ ταῦτά ἐστι φ. ἔθος λόγος <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1332a40</span>; <b class="b3">χρῶ τῇ φύσει</b>, i.e. [[give]] [[rein]] to your [[natural]] [[propensity|propensities]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1078</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.38</span>; τῇ φύσει χρώμενος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>18</span>; θείας κοινωνοὶ φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>1.4</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.113</span>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>956</span>; οἱ ἄριστοι τὰς φ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>526c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">375b</span>, al.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἔθος]], [[φασί]], δευτέρη φύσις = [[habit]], they [[say]], is [[second]] [[nature]] <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Mis.</span>353a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[instinct]] in animals, etc., <span class="bibl">Democr.278</span>; οὐκ ἐπιστήμῃ οὐδὲ τέχνῃ ἀλλὰ φύσει Herm. ap. Stob.1.41.6; ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῴοις ἡ αἴσθησις τῇ φύσει ἥνωται, ἐν δὲ ἀνθρώποις τῇ νοήσει <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span> 9.1, cf. 12.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> freq. in [[periphrasis|periphrases]], <b class="b3">καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ' ὀργάνειας</b>, i.e. would'st provoke a stone, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>335</span>; χθονὸς φ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>633</span>; especially in Pl., ἡ τοῦ πτεροῦ φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>251b</span>; ἡ φύσις τῶν σωμάτων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>186b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ φύσις τῆς ἀσθενείας</b> its [[natural]] weakness, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>87e</span>; ἡ τοῦ μυελοῦ φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>84c</span>; ἡ τοῦ δικαίου φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>862d</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἡ φ</b>., with [[genitive]] understood, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>191a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>109e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> the [[regular]] [[order]] of [[nature]], τύχη . . [[ἀβέβαιος]], φ. δὲ αὐτάρκης <span class="bibl">Democr.176</span>; κατὰ φύσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>444d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τρίχες κατὰ φύσιν πεφυκυῖαι</b> [[grow]]ing [[naturally]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.156.7</span> (troch.); κατὰ φύσιν νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεύς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 169</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>488b</span>); κατὰ φ. ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Heraclit.112</span>; opp. <b class="b3">παρὰ φύσιν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>395</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.17</span>, etc.; παρὰ τὴν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.18</span>; [[προδότης]] [[ἐκ φύσεως]] a [[traitor]] [[by nature]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.165</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ τῆς φύσεως ἥκειν εἰς θάνατον</b> before the [[natural]] [[term]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Comp.Dem.Cic.</span>5</span>: freq. in dat. [[φύσει]] (ἐν φ. Hp.Aër.14) [[by nature]], [[naturally]], opp. [[τύχῃ]], [[τέχνῃ]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>889b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>381b</span>; φύσει τοιοῦτος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>275</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">279</span>, al.; ὁ ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῷόν ἐστι = man is by nature a political animal <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1253a3</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μὴ αὑτοῦ φ. ἀλλ' ἄλλου ἄνθρωπος ὤν, οὗτος φ. δοῦλός ἐστιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1254a15</span>; φ. γὰρ οὐδεὶς δοῦλος ἐγενήθη ποτέ <span class="bibl">Philem.95.2</span>; opp. [[νόμῳ]] (by convention), <span class="bibl">Philol.9</span>, Archelaus ap.<span class="bibl">D.L.2.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>482e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>337d</span>, etc.; τὰ μὲν τῶν νόμων ὁμολογηθέντα, οὐ φύντ' ἐστίν, τὰ δὲ τῆς φύσεως φύντα, οὐχ ὁμολογηθέντα <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.44</span><span class="title">Ai</span>32 (<span class="title">Vorsokr.</span>5); ἅπας ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίος φύσει καὶ νόμοις διοικεῖται <span class="bibl">D.25.15</span>; τοὺς τῆς φύσεως οὐκ ἔστι λανθάνειν νόμους <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>492</span>; οὐ σοφίᾳ, ἀλλὰ φύσει τινί <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>22c</span>; φ. μὴ πεφυκότα τοιαῦτα φωνεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>14c</span>, etc.; φύσει πάντα πάντες ὁμοίως πεφύκαμεν καὶ βάρβαροι καὶ Ἕλληνες εἶναι <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.44</span><span class="title">Bii</span>10 (<span class="title">Vorsokr.</span>5); <b class="b3">φύσιν ἔχει</b> c. inf., it is [[natural]], <b class="b3">κῶς φύσιν ἔχει πολλὰς μυριάδας φονεῦσαι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸν Ἡρακλέα</b>); <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>473a</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχει φύσιν</b> it is contrary to [[nature]], ib.<span class="bibl">489b</span>; οὔτ' εὔλογον οὔτ' ἔχον ἐστὶ φύσιν <span class="bibl">D.2.26</span>; τὸ τόλμημα φύσιν οὐκ ἔχει <span class="bibl">Polem.<span class="title">Call.</span>36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Philosophy: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[nature]] as an originating [[power]], φ. λέγεται . . ὅθεν ἡ κίνησις ἡ πρώτη ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύσει ὄντων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1014b16</span>; ὁ δὲ θεὸς καὶ ἡ φύσις οὐδὲν μάτην ποιοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>271a33</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ δὲ φύσις οὐδὲν ἀλόγως οὐδὲ μάτην ποιεῖ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">291b13</span>; ἡ μὲν τέχνη ἀρχὴ ἐν ἄλλῳ, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀρχὴ ἐν αὐτῷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1070a8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>381b5</span>, etc.; [[φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ]] = nature loves to conceal herself, nature loves to hide, concealment accompanies Physis, concealment remains with physis like a friend, the natural companion of physis is concealment, [[physis]] naturally seeks to remain something of a mystery <span class="bibl">Heraclit.123</span>; ἡ γοητεία τῆς φύσεως <span class="bibl">Plot.4.4.44</span>; <b class="b3">φύσις κοινή</b>, the [[principle]] of [[growth]] in the [[universe]], <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.126</span>; as Stoic t.t., the inner fire which causes [[preservation]] and growth in plants and animals, defined as <b class="b3">πῦρ τεχνικὸν ὁδῷ βαδίζον εἰς γένεσιν</b>, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>1.44, cf. 35, al., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>9.81</span>; [[Nature]], personified, χάρις τῇ μακαρίᾳ Φ. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>469</span>; Φ. καὶ Εἱμαρμένη καὶ Ἀνάγκη <span class="bibl">Phld. <span class="title">Piet.</span>12</span>; ἡ κατωφερὴς Φύσις <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span>1.14. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[elementary]] [[substance]], κινδυνεύει ὁ λέγων ταῦτα πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γῆν καὶ ἀέρα πρῶτα ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν πάντων εἶναι καὶ τὴν φύσιν ὀνομάζειν αὐτὰ ταῦτα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 891c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>52</span> (defined as τὴν πρώτην οὐσίαν . . ὑποβεβλημένην ἅπασι τοῖς γεννητοῖς καὶ φθαρτοῖς σώμασι Gal.15.3); τῶν φύσει ὄντων τὰ στοιχεῖά φασιν εἶναι φύσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1014b33</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 1p.6U.</span>, al.; ἄτομοι φ. [[atom]]s, Democr. ap. <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 1p.7U.</span>; ἄφθαρτοι φ. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Piet.</span>83</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> concrete, the [[creation]], '[[nature]]', ἀθανάτου . . φύσεως κόσμον ἀγήρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>910</span> (anap.); περὶ φύσεώς τε καὶ τῶν μετεώρων ἀστρονομικὰ ἄττα διερωτᾶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>315c</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ φύσεως</b>, title of works by Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Gorgias, Epicurus, etc.; [σοφία] ἣν δὴ καλοῦσι περὶ φύσεως ἱστορίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>96a</span>; περὶ φ. ἀφοριζόμενοι διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν λαχάνων τε γένη <span class="bibl">Epicr.11.13</span> (anap.); so later, ἡ φύσις τὸ ὑπὸ ψυχῆς τῆς πάσης ταχθέν <span class="bibl">Plot.2.2.1</span>; τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς φύσεως <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span>1.8; <b class="b3">αἱ δύο φύσεις</b>, i.e. [[heaven]] and [[earth]], [[light]] and [[darkness]], etc., <span class="title">PMag.Leid.W.</span>6.42. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Pythag. name for [[two]], Theol.Ar.12. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> as a concrete term, [[creature]], freq. in collect. sense, [[θνητὴ φύσις]] = [[mankind]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>590</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>869</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πόντου εἰναλία φύσις</b> the [[creature]]s of the [[sea]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>345</span> (lyr.); ὃ πᾶσα φ. διώκειν πέφυκε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>359c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>272c</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν θηλειῶν φύσις</b> [[womankind]] (opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἄρρεν φῦλον</b>) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>3.4</span>: also in plural, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>674</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>588c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>306e</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>13.9</span>; in contemptuous sense, <b class="b3">αἱ τοιαῦται φύσεις</b> such [[creature]]s as these, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.191</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of plants or material [[substance]]s, φ. εὐώδεις καρποφοροῦσαι <span class="bibl">D.S.2.49</span>; ὑγράν τινα φ. καπνὸν ἀποδιδοῦσαν <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span> 1.4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[kind]], [[sort]], [[species]], ταύτην . . ἔχειν βιοτῆς . . φύσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>165</span> (anap.); ἐκλέγονται ἐκ τούτων χρημάτων μίαν φ. τὴν τῶν λευκῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 429d</span>; <b class="b3">φ. [ἀλωπεκίδων</b>] [[species]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.1</span>; [[natural]] [[group]] or [[class]] of [[plant]]s, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.1.1</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> [[sex]], <b class="b3">θῆλυς φῦσα</b> (prob. for [[οὖσα]]) κοὐκ ἀνδρὸς φύσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1062</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>445</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>770d</span>, <span class="bibl">944d</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the [[characteristic]] of [[sex]], = [[αἰδοῖον]], <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span>89a6 (iv B.C.), Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107, <span class="bibl">D.S.32.10</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.150</span>, etc.: especially of the female organ, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.143</span>, <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.5.63</span>, <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.83,324, <span class="bibl">Horap. 1.11</span>: pl., <b class="b3">τῶν δύο φύσεων</b>, of the [[vagina]] and [[anus]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>92</span>, cf. <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.318.</span>