fuomō

φύω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect φυίω perhaps to be read in Refs 7th c.BC+imperfect ἔφυον, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φύεν Refs 8th c.BC+future φύσω [ῡRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔφῡσα Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive and middle,Refs 5th c.BC+: future φύσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: similar in sense are the intransitive tenses, perfect πέφῡκα Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πεφύᾱσι Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πεφύῃ (ἐμ-) Refs 6th c.BC+; Epic dialect participle feminine πεφυυῖα (ἐμ-) Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect infinitive πεφύκειν Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐπεφύκειν Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect πεφύκειν Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπέφῡκον Refs 8th c.BC+aorist 2 ἔφῡν (as if from φῦμι) Refs 8th c.BC+: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φῦ Refs 8th c.BC+; subjunctive φύω or φυῶ Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular optative φύη Refs 3rd c.BC+; infinitive φῦναι, Epic dialect φύμεναι Refs 4th c.BC+; participle φύς Refs 8th c.BC+, Boeotian dialect feminine φοῦσα Refs 6th c.BC+; conversely ἔφυ, ={ἔφυσεν}, Refs: later, future φυήσω LXX, passive φυήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist 2 passive ἐφύην Refs 4th c.BC+; infinitive φυῆναι Refs 1st c.BC+; participle φῠείς NT+5th c.BC+: aorist 1 passive συμ-φυθείς Refs 2nd c.AD+. [Generally ῠ before a vowel, Epic dialect, Trag. Refs 5th c.BC+, etc., ῡ before a consonant; but φῡει Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐφῡετο probably in Refs 5th c.BC+; even in thesi, προσφῡονται Refs 2nd c.BC+; also in compounds]
A transitive, in present, future, and aorist 1 active:—bring forth, produce, put forth, φύλλα.. ὕλη τηλεθόωσα φύει Refs 8th c.BC+; so τρίχες.., ἃς πρὶν ἔφυσεν φάρμακον made the hair grow, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a country, καρπόν τε θωμαστὸν φύειν καὶ ἄνδρας ἀγαθούς Refs 5th c.BC+
2 beget, engender, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of God creating man, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ φύσας the begetter, father (opposed to ὁ φύς the son, see below Refs 5th c.BC+; of both parents, γονεῦσι οἵ σ᾽ ἔφυσαν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα φύσει σε will bring to light thy birth,Refs
3 of individuals in reference to the growth of parts of themselves, φ. πώγωνα, γλῶσσαν, κέρεα, grow or get a beard, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. τρίχας, πόδας καὶ πτερά, etc., Refs 4th c.BC+
4 metaphorically, φρένας φῦσαι get understanding, Refs 5th c.BC+ 'once bit, twice shy', Refs 5th c.BC+; δόξαν φῦσαι get glory or to form a high opinion of oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+
II in present seemingly intransitive, put forth shoots, εἰς ἔτος ἄλλο φύοντι Refs 3rd c.BC+ one generation is putting forth scions, the other is ceasing to do so, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν στήθεσι φύει (perhaps φυίει) grows up, appears, LXX+7th c.BC+
B passive, with intransitive tenses of active, aorist 2, perfect and pluperfect, grow, wax, spring up or forth, especially of the vegetable world, θάμνος ἔφυ ἐλαίης Refs 8th c.BC+growing there, Refs; πεφυκότα δένδρα trees growing there, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ κέρα ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει from his head grew horns sixteen palms long, Refs 8th c.BC+; κεφαλαὶ πεφυκυῖαι θριξί grown with hair, Refs 1st c.BC+is produced, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος [κακῶν] of the things produced, Refs 4th c.BC+; also κατὰ πάντων ἐφύετο waxed great by or upon their depression, Refs—In this sense aorist 2 is rare (see. above), except in phrases such as ἔν τ᾽ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί (see. ἐμφύω), Refs 8th c.BC+
B.2 of persons, to be begotten or born, most frequently in aorist 2 and perfect, ὁ λωφήσων οὐ πέφυκέ πω Refs 4th c.BC+; μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον not to be born is best, Refs 5th c.BC+; γονῇ πεφυκὼς.. γεραιτέρᾳRefs 5th c.BC+; φύς τε καὶ τραφείςRefs 5th c.BC+ to be born or descended from any one, τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον οὗ πεφύκαμεν Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ μετ᾽ ἐκείνου φύντες, opposed to οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου γεγονότες, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II in present, become, οὐδεὶς ἐχθρὸς οὔτε φύεται πρὸς χρήμαθ᾽ οἵ τε φύντες.. Refs 5th c.BC+; the perfect and aorist 2 take a present sense, to be so and so by nature, κακός, σοφός πέφυκα (-κώς), etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; φύντ᾽ ἀρετᾷ born for virtue, i.e. brave and good by nature, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of things, τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ Refs 5th c.BC+ of good natural ability, Refs 5th c.BC+: then, simply, to be so and so, φῦναι Ζηνὶ πιστὸν ἄγγελον Refs 5th c.BC+; Ἅιδης ὁ παύσων ἔφυRefs 5th c.BC+: with participle, νικᾶν.. χρῄζων ἔφυν Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 with infinitive, to be formed or disposed by nature to do so and so, τὰ δεύτερα πέφυκε κρατεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; πέφυκε.. τρυφὴ.. ἦθος διαφθείρειν Refs 4th c.AD+
B.II.3 with Preps., γυνὴ.. ἐπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ is by nature prone to tears, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔρως γὰρ ἀργόν, κἀπὶ τοῖς ἀργοῖς ἔφυ is inclined to idleness, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.4 with dative, fall to one by nature, be one's natural lot, πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μόρος Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.5 impersonal, it is natural, it happens naturally, with infinitive, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.II.6 absolutely, ὡς πέφυκε as is natural, Refs 5th c.BC+; also expressed personally, τοῖς ἁπλῶς, ὡς πεφυκασι, βαδίζουσι Refs 4th c.BC+participle, τὰ φύσει πεφυκότα the order of nature, Refs 5th c.BC+; φύντα, opposed to ὁμολογηθέντα, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνθρωπος πεφυκώς man as he is, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit bhū- 'to be, become', Lithuanian búti 'to be', Latin fui, Eng. be, etc.)

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