φυή

φῠή, [dialect] Dor. [full] φῠά, ἡ, ([etym.] φύω)

A growth, stature, esp. fine growth, noble stature, in Hom., always (as in Hes.) of the human form, and only in acc.,

θηήσαντο φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ἀγητόν Il.22.370

;

φυὴν ἐδάην καὶ μήδεα 3.208

; most freq. in adv. sense, Νέστορι δίῳ εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε φυήν τ' ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει in shape and in stature and in size (or growth), 2.58, cf. Od.6.152;

οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χερείων, οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτ' ἂρ φρένας Il.1.115

, cf. Od.5.212, 7.210;

φυήν γε μὲν οὐ κακός ἐστι 8.134

;

χρυσέῳ [γένει] οὔτε φυὴν ἐναλίγκιον οὔτε νόημα Hes.Op.129

, cf. Sc.88, B.5.168; later, in gen.,

οὔτε φυῆς ἐπιδευέες οὔτε νόοιο Theoc.22.160

; rare in Trag.,

τὴν τάλαιναν εὔμορφον φ. A.Niob.

in PSI11.1208.8;

φυὰν Γοργόνος ἴσχειν E.El.461

(lyr.).

2 after Hom., of animals, plants, or objects,

ἐμβάλλων ἐριπλεύρῳ φυᾷ κέντρον Pi.P.4.235

;

κάνθαρος . . Αἰτναῖος φυήν S.Ichn.300

; also τερπόμεναι ῥοδέῃ φ. of roses, Mosch.2.36; of beans, Luc.Vit.Auct. 6; of things, ἀνέβη ἡ φ. τοῖς τείχεσιν their original form was restored, LXXNe.4.7(1);

ἐὰν κατὰ φυὰν διαφθαρῇ τις τῶν λίθων IG7.3073.40

(Lebad., ii B. C.).

II poet. for φύσις, nature, genius,

σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ Pi.O.2.86

;

μάρνασθαι φυᾷ Id.N.1.25

, cf. I.7(6).22;

φυᾷ τὸ γενναῖον ἐπιπρέπει Id.P.8.44

;

τὸ δὲ φυᾷ κράτιστον ἅπαν Id.O. 9.100

;

δεινὸς φυήν Cratin.221

.

III the flower or prime of age,

εὐάνθεμος φυά Pi.O.1.67

.

IV substance,

ἀναίμων ἐστὶ φυὴ μελέων Opp.H.1.639

;

νεφροὶ τὴν φ. ἀδενώδεες Aret.SD2.3

.

V μερόπων φυή the race of men, APl.4.183.7.

VI produce of a year, harvest,

φ. τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους BGU708.4

(ii A. D.), cf. Pland.26.12 (i A. D.), etc.—Poet. and later Prose.