φῠτόν, τό,
(φύω) plant (opposed to ζῷον, [[ 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 70d, “R.” 532b, “Lg.” 889c)] Refs 5th c.BC+], especially garden plant or tree, φυτῶν ὄρχατοι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.123; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ θρέψασα φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς 18.57, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 571, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.58 (_plural_), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 940 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 281 (_plural_), etc.; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.15; ἀμπέλων 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.12.9; φ. ἔγγεια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546a; τὰ ἐκ γῆς φ. [prev. author] “Ti.” 60a: proverbial, αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ᾽ ἔσεσθαι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 32.3. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 sucker, slip, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 834a16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 ={κυνόγλωσσον}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.127. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II generally, creature, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 281, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γυναῖκες.. ἀθλιώτατον φ. (collective) most miserable creatures, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 231; εἶτ᾽ οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φ.; 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 141.1; κακὸν φ. πέφυκεν.. γυνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 304; also in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φ. “Sph.” 233e; σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φ. [prev. author] “R.” 401a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]