φύλλον, τό
leaf; in Epic dialect and [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] always in plural leaves, or collectively foliage, φύλλα καὶ ὄζους [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.234, +others; φύλλα δ᾽ ἔραζε χέει 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 421; τὰ φ. καταδρέποντες κατήσθιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.115; ὅσσα τε χθὼν ἠρινὰ φ. ἀναπέμπει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.46; ψυχὰς ἐδάη.. οἷά τε φύλλ᾽ ἄνεμος δονεῖ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.65; _sing._, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 701 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.10.6, etc.; οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.146, compare 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.1; φύλλων γενεᾷ προσόμοιοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 685 (_anapaest meter_); φύλλοις βάλλειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 574 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλεκτὰ φύλλα wreathed leaves, [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 807 ] Refs]; φύλλον ἐλαίας, poetry for ἐλάα, S.[same place]: metaphorically of choral songs, φύλλ᾽ ἀοιδᾶν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of leaves used as voting-papers, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12(5).595 A 12 (Ceos, 3rd-2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 of flowers, petal, [ῥόδον] ἔχον ἑξήκοντα φύλλα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑακίνθινα φ., λειμώνια φ., [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.26, 18.39. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II plant, in general, φ. ὂν ἐπινηχόμενον τῷ ὕδατι [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.12, compare 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.371b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἡ κατὰ φύλλον (with or without γεωμετρία) survey according to plants, i. e. crops grown, [[ “PTeb.” 38.3, 78.4 (2nd c.BC): ποτίσαι εἰς φύλλον [prev. work] 72.362, 105.32 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: especially of medicinal herbs, φ. εἴ τι νώδυνον κάτοιδε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 44; ἠπίοισι φ. [prev. work] 698 (Lyric poetry), compare 649. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]