φῠσικός, ή, όν,
natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Mem.” 3.9.1, not in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, frequently in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus (τὰ περὶ γένεσιν φ. “Ph.” 191a3, +others)] Refs 5th c.BC+], and later Prose; opposed to διδακτός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; opposed to νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1134b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opposed to ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, [[ NT.Rom.1.26 ] NT]; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 42; τὸ φ., opposed to τὸ τεχνικόν, [prev. work] 34: φ. υἱός, ={ὁ ἐκ πορνείας γεγονώς}, opposed to γνήσιος, Thom.Mag. p.362 R.; υἱὸς γνήσιος καὶ φ. “PLips.” 28.18 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.BC+] adverb -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 201a24, “Cael.” 307b32; ὠχυρωμένη φ. λίμνῃ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.55; ἀκατασκεύως καὶ φ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.4.7, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__b belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.4.4, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 belonging to growth, [[ Stoic. 2.205, +others ] Refs]
__3 φ. ὀδόντες milk-teeth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 49. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. φιλοσοφία[[ [prev. work] 653a9; ἡ φ. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1026a6, etc.; opposed to μαθηματική, θεολογική, [prev. work] 1064b2; τὰ φ. [prev. work] 1026a4 ] Refs]; οἱ φ. λόγοι falsa lectio for{οἱ φυσιολόγοι}, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1154b7 ] Refs]; φ. προτάσεις, opposed to ἠθικαί, λογικαί, [[ [prev. author] “Top.” 105b21 ] Refs]; τὸ φ., τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.15, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.395d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]