φυτάλμιος
φυτάλμιος
φῠτάλμιος, ον,
φύω
producing, nourishing, fostering, φυτάλμιοι γέροντες fostering sires or aged parents, Aesch.; λέκτρα φυτ. the marriage bed, Eur.
natural, by nature; Soph. O. C. 150 should be pointed thus: ἒ ἒ ἀλαῶν ὀμμάτων. ἆρα καὶ ἦσθα φυτάλμιος δυσαίων; woe for thy blind eyes! say wast thou thus miserable by nature, from thy birth?