__3 of individuals in reference to the growth of parts of themselves, φ. πώγωνα, γλῶσσαν, κέρεα, grow or get a beard, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104, 2.68, 4.29; φ. πτερά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251c; σάρκα [prev. author] “Ti.” 74e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τρίχας, πόδας καὶ πτερά, etc., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 518a33, 554a29, etc.: for the joke in φύειν φράτερας, see at {φράτηρ}. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, φρένας φῦσαι get understanding, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 804, “El.” 1463 (but also θεοὶ φύουσιν ἀνθρώποις φρένας [prev. author] “Ant.” 683): proverbial, ἁλιεὺς πληγεὶς νοῦν φύσει] Refs 5th c.BC+] 'once bit, twice shy', [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222b; γέροντα τὸν νοῦν σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 622 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξαν φῦσαι get glory or to form a high opinion of oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91; θεὸς.. αἰτίαν φύει βροτοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Niob.” in “PSI” 11.1208.15; αὑτῷ πόνους φῦσαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 647. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in present seemingly intransitive, put forth shoots, εἰς ἔτος ἄλλο φύοντι [[ 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.101; δρύες.. φύοντι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.75, compare 4.24: so ἀνδρῶν γενεὴ ἡ μὲν φύει ἡ δ᾽ ἀπολήγει] Refs 3rd c.BC+] one generation is putting forth scions, the other is ceasing to do so, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.149 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν στήθεσι φύει (perhaps φυίει) grows up, appears, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 97; ῥίζα ἄνω φύουσα ἐν χολῇ LXX.Deu.29.18. ] LXX+7th c.BC+]
__B passive, with intransitive tenses of active, aorist 2, perfect and pluperfect, grow, wax, spring up or forth, especially of the vegetable world, θάμνος ἔφυ ἐλαίης [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.190, compare 5.481; πρασιαὶ παντοῖαι πεφύασιν 7.128; τά γ᾽ ἄσπαρτα φύονται 9.109, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.483, 14.288, 21.352; φύεται αὐτόματα ῥόδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.138, compare 1.193; ὑπὸ φηγῷ πεφυκυίῃ ] Refs 8th c.BC+]growing there, [[ [prev. author] 2.56 ] Refs]; πεφυκότα δένδρα trees growing there, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.5; τὰ φυόμενα καὶ τὰ γιγνόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410d, compare “Phd.” 110d, “Plt.” 272a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ κέρα ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει from his head grew horns sixteen palms long, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.109, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 3.133; φύονται πολιαί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.28 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλαὶ πεφυκυῖαι θριξί grown with hair, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.50 (assuming variant); πέφυκε λίθος ἐν αὐτῇ ] Refs 1st c.BC+]is produced, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.4: _metaphorically_, νόσημα ἐν ὀλιγαρχίᾳ φυόμενον, φυομένη πόλις, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564b, “Lg.” 757d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος [κακῶν] of the things produced, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.159 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also κατὰ πάντων ἐφύετο waxed great by or upon their depression, [[[prev. work] 19. ] Refs]—In this sense aorist 2 is rare (see. above), except in phrases such as ἔν τ᾽ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί (see. ἐμφύω), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.302. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 with infinitive, to be formed or disposed by nature to do so and so, τὰ δεύτερα πέφυκε κρατεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 279; πολλῷ γ᾽ ἀμείνων τοὺς πέλας φρενοῦν ἔφυς ἢ σαυτόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 337; ἔφυν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐκ τέχνης πράσσειν κακῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 88, compare “Ant.” 688; φύσει μὴ πεφυκότα τοιαῦτα φωνεῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 79; πεφύκασι δ᾽ ἅπαντες.. ἁμαρτάνειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45, compare 2.64, 3.39, 4.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; πέφυκε.. τρυφὴ.. ἦθος διαφθείρειν [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.15c. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__B.II.3 with Preps., γυνὴ.. ἐπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ is by nature prone to tears, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 928 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρως γὰρ ἀργόν, κἀπὶ τοῖς ἀργοῖς ἔφυ is inclined to idleness, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 322; also ἐπί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507e; εἴς τι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.132; most frequently πρός τι, οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς τὸ ἀληθὲς πεφύκασι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1355a16; εὖ πρὸς ἀρετὴν πεφυκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.2; πρὸς πόλεμον μᾶλλον.. ἢ πρὸς εἰρήνην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547e; κάλλιστα φ. πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.3, etc.; also πρός τινι [prev. author] “Ath.” 2.19 (assuming variant, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.29.10); also εὖ πεφ. κατά τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.4 with dative, fall to one by nature, be one's natural lot, πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μόρος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 860 (Lyric poetry); χαίρειν πέφυκεν οὐχὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀεί [prev. author] “Tr.” 440; ἐφύετο κοινὸς πᾶσι κίνδυνος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.5 impersonal, it is natural, it happens naturally, with infinitive, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261b7, “Po.” 1450a1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.6 absolutely, ὡς πέφυκε as is natural, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15, +others; ᾗ πέφυκεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 81e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also expressed personally, τοῖς ἁπλῶς, ὡς πεφυκασι, βαδίζουσι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.68: also frequently in ] Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, τὰ φύσει πεφυκότα the order of nature, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύντα, opposed to ὁμολογηθέντα, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 44 A i 32 (“Vorsokr.” 5)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνθρωπος πεφυκώς man as he is, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit bhū- 'to be, become', Lithuanian búti 'to be', Latin fui, Eng. be, etc.)
