φυτόν

A. plant (opp. ζῷον, Diog.Apoll. 2, Pl. Phd. 70d, R. 532b, Lg. 889c), esp. garden plant or tree, φυτῶν ὄρχατοι Il. 14.123; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ θρέψασα φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς 18.57, cf. Hes. Op. 571, Pi. P. 9.58 (pl.), A. Eu. 940 (lyr., pl.), E. Heracl. 281(pl.), etc.; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων D. 53.15; ἀμπέλων Thphr. CP 1.12.9; φ. ἔγγεια Pl. R. 546a; τὰ ἐκ γῆς φ. Id. Ti. 60a: prov., αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ’ ἔσεσθαι Lib. Ep. 32.3.

2. sucker, slip, Arist. Mir. 834a16.

3. = κυνόγλωσσον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.127.

II. generally, creature, A. Supp. 281, etc.; γυναῖκες . . ἀθλιώτατον φ. (collective) most miserable creatures, E. Med. 231; εἶτ’ οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φ.; Alex. 141.1; κακὸν φ. πέφυκεν . . γυνή Men. Mon. 304; also in Pl., ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φ. Sph. 233e; σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φ. Id. R. 401a.

2. offspring, Χαρίτων φυτόν Theoc. 28.7; φυτὸν οὐράνιον plant rooted in the sky, i.e. man, Pl. Ti. 90a, cf. AP 10.45 (Pall.(?)).

3. exceptionally, of iron, κακὸν φ. Call. in PSI 9.1092.49.