φύσις
φύσις
φύσις (ῠ), εως,
φύω
the nature, natural qualities, powers, constitution, condition, of a person or thing, Od., Hdt., Attic
like φυή, form, stature, ἢ νόον ἤ τοι φύσιν either in mind or outward form, Pind.; τὸν δὲ Λάϊον, φύσιν τίνʼ εἶχε, φράζε Soph.; τὴν ἐμὴν ἰδὼν φύσιν Ar.
of the mind, oneʼs nature, natural bent, powers, character, Soph., etc.
often periphr., πέτρου φύσιν σύ γʼ ὀργάνειας, i. e. wouldʼst provoke a stone, Soph.; ἡ φ. αὐτοῦ for αὐτός, Plat.
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.:—φύσιν ἔχει, c. inf., it is natural that . . , Hdt., Plat.
origin, birth, φύσει γεγονότες εὖ Hdt.; φ. νεώτερος Soph.; so, τὴν φύσιν Xen.
nature, universe, Plat., Arist.
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.
a nature, kind, sort, βιοτῆς φύσις Soph.: species, Xen.
sex, Soph., Thuc.
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φύσις
φύσις (ῠ), εως,
φύω
the nature, natural qualities, powers, constitution, condition, of a person or thing, Od., Hdt., Attic
like φυή, form, stature, ἢ νόον ἤ τοι φύσιν either in mind or outward form, Pind.; τὸν δὲ Λάϊον, φύσιν τίνʼ εἶχε, φράζε Soph.; τὴν ἐμὴν ἰδὼν φύσιν Ar.
of the mind, oneʼs nature, natural bent, powers, character, Soph., etc.
often periphr., πέτρου φύσιν σύ γʼ ὀργάνειας, i. e. wouldʼst provoke a stone, Soph.; ἡ φ. αὐτοῦ for αὐτός, Plat.
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.:—φύσιν ἔχει, c. inf., it is natural that . . , Hdt., Plat.
origin, birth, φύσει γεγονότες εὖ Hdt.; φ. νεώτερος Soph.; so, τὴν φύσιν Xen.
nature, universe, Plat., Arist.
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.
a nature, kind, sort, βιοτῆς φύσις Soph.: species, Xen.
sex, Soph., Thuc.
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