φυτουργός

A. tending plants or trees, φ. δένδρων Secund. Sent. 16: as Subst., planter, gardener, φ. ἱεροὶ Ἀπόλλωνος SIG 22 (Epist.Darei), cf. APl. 4.255, Plu. 2.2b.

II. metaph., begetting, generating, πατὴρ φ. A. Supp. 592 (lyr.); τοῦ φ. πατρός S. OT 1482; ὁ φ. (without πατήρ) E. Tr. 481; φυτουργὸς Θέτιδος Id. IA 949; in later Prose, πατέρα καὶ φ. Jul. Or. 2.83a.

2. creator, author, Pl. R. 597d.