φῡλή, ἡ,
(φύω) properly, like{φῦλον}, a race, tribe; but accusative to [[ 4th c.BC: Dicaearchus Historicus 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] a union formed in an organized community (whether πόλις or ἔθνος): hence, tribe, i.e.
__I a body of men united
__I.1 by supposed ties of blood and descent, clan, such as the three Dorian tribes, Rhetra cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius s. vv. Ὑλλεῖς, Δυμᾶνες, “IG” 4.596 (from Argos)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the four Ionic tribes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.69, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 8.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 19, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Laconian, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.145 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the old Roman, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.7, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the Persian, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.5 and 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Jewish, [[ LXX.Num.1.4, +others] LXX] (but also of subdivisions of the tribe (σκῆπτρον),[[LXX.1Ki.10.20.21), NT.Matt.19.28, etc. ] LXX+NT]
__I.2 by local habitation, such as the ten local tribes at Athens formed by Cleisthenes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.69, 6.131, “IG” 12.10.44, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or those formed by Servius at Rome, φ. τοπικαί, opposed to γενικαί, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.14, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20; in Roman Egypt, “BGU” 1113.3 (1st c.BC), “PFlor.” 39.4 (4th c.AD), etc., compare (in general) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a8, 1300a25, 1309a12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 753c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]