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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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phu^ê, Dor. phu^a, hê, (phuô) growth, stature, esp. fine growth, noble stature, in Hom., always (as in Hes.) of the human form, and only in acc., thêêsanto phuên kai eidos agêton Hom. Il. 22.370; phuên edaên kai mêdea au=Hom. Il. 3.208; most freq. in adv. sense, Nestori diôi eidos te megethos te phuên t' anchista eôikei in shape and in stature and in size (or growth), au=Hom. Il. 2.58, cf. Hom. Od. 6.152; ou hethen esti chereiôn, ou demas oude phuên, out' ar phrenas Hom. Il. 1.115, cf. Hom. Od. 5.212, au=Hom. Od. 7.210; phuên ge men ou kakos esti au=Hom. Od. 8.134; chruseôi [genei] oute phuên enalinkion oute noêma Hes. WD 129, cf. ti=Hes. Sh. 88, Bacchyl. 5.168; later, in gen., oute phuês epideuees oute nooio Theoc.22.160; rare in Trag., tên talainan eumorphon ph. A.Niob. in PSI11.1208.8; phuan Gorgonos ischein Eur. El. 461 (lyr.).

2. after Hom., of animals, plants, or objects, emballôn eripleurôi phuai kentron Pind. P. 4.235; kantharos . . Aitnaios phuên S.Ichn.300; also terpomenai rhodeêi ph. of roses, Mosch.2.36; of beans, Luc.Vit.Auct. 6; of things, anebê hê ph. tois teichesin their original form was restored, LXXNe.4.7(1); ean kata phuan diaphtharêi tis tôn lithôn IG7.3073.40 (Lebad., ii B. C.).

II. poet. for phusis, nature, genius, sophos ho polla eidôs phuai Pind. O. 2.86; marnasthai phuai IDEM=Pind. N. 1.25, cf. ti=Pind. I. 7.22; phuai to gennaion epiprepei IDEM=Pind. P. 8.44; to de phuai kratiston hapan IDEM=Pind. O. 9.100; deinos phuên Cratin.221.

III. the flower or prime of age, euanthemos phua Pind. O. 1.67.

IV. substance, anaimôn esti phuê meleôn Opp.H.1.639; nephroi tên ph. adenôdees Aret.SD2.3.

V. meropôn phuê the race of men, APl.4.183.7.

VI. produce of a year, harvest, ph. tou enestôtos etous BGU708.4 (ii A. D.), cf. ti=BGU Pland.26.12 (i A. D.), etc.--Poet. and later Prose.