φυή

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 PSI 11.1208.8; 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, LXX Ne. 4.7(1); ἐὰν κατὰ φυὰν διαφθαρῇ τις τῶν λίθων IG 7.3073.40 (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. SD 2.3.

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

VI. produce of a year, harvest, φ. τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους BGU 708.4 (ii A. D.), cf. Pland. 26.12 (i A. D.), etc.—Poet. and later Prose.