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φύσις [ῠ], ἡ, genitive φύσεως, poetry φύσεος probably (for the sake of meter) in Refs 5th c.BC+ (variant{φύση}) Refs 5th c.BC+, (φύω): __I origin, φ. οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν οὐδὲ.. τελευτή Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently of persons, birth, φύσει νεώτερος Refs 5th c.BC+; φύσει, opposed to θέσει (by adoption), Refs 2nd c.AD+; so ὁ κατὰ φύσιν πατήρ, υἱός, ἀδελφός, Refs 2nd c.BC+; also in accusative, ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἢ φίλων τις ἢ πρὸς αἵματος φύσινRefs 5th c.BC+ __I.2 growth, τριχῶν, παιδίου, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II the natural form or constitution of a person or thing as the result of growth (οἷον ἕκαστόν ἐστι τῆς γενέσεως τελεσθείσης, ταύτην φαμὲν τὴν φ. εἶναι ἑκάστου Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.1 nature, constitution, once in Refs 8th c.BC+; αἵματος, ἀέρος, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 outward form, appearance, μέζονας ἢ κατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων φύσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἢ νόον ἤτοι φύσιν either in mind or outward form, Refs 5th c.BC+; δρακαίνης φ. ἔχουσαν ἀγρίαν probably in Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3 in Medicine texts, constitution, temperament, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3.b natural place or position of a bone or joint, ἀποπηδᾶν ἀπὸ τῆς φ., ἐς τὴν φ. ἄγεσθαι, Refs __II.4 of the mind, one's nature, character, ἦθος ἕκαστον, ὅπῃ φ. ἐστὶν ἑκάστῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. φρενός Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. φιλόσοφος, τυραννική, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; Σόλων.. ἦν φιλόδημος τὴν φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; φύσεως ἰσχύς force of natural powers, Refs 5th c.BC+; φύσεως κακία badness of natural disposition, Refs 4th c.BC+; χρῶ τῇ φύσει, i.e. give rein to your natural propensities, NT+5th c.BC+ __II.4.b instinct in animals, etc., Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.5 frequently in periphrases, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ᾽ ὀργάνειας, i.e. would'st provoke a stone, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ φ. τῆς ἀσθενείας its natural weakness, Refs; ἡ φ., with genitive understood, Refs __III the regular order of nature, τύχη.. ἀβέβαιος, φ. δὲ αὐτάρκης Refs 5th c.BC+; τρίχες κατὰ φύσιν πεφυκυῖαι growing naturally, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to παρὰ φύσιν, Refs 5th c.BC+; προδότης ἐκ φύσεως a traitor by nature, Refs 4th c.BC+; πρὸ τῆς φ. ἥκειν εἰς θάνατον before the natural term, Refs 5th c.BC+ by nature, naturally, opposed to τύχῃ, τέχνῃ, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ μὴ αὑτοῦ φ. ἀλλ᾽ ἄλλου ἄνθρωπος ὤν, οὗτος φ. δοῦλός ἐστινRefs 4th c.BC+; opposed to νόμῳ (by convention), Refs 5th c.BC+; φύσιν ἔχει with infinitive, it is natural, κῶς φύσιν ἔχει πολλὰς μυριάδας φονεῦσαι (i.e. τὸν Ἡρακλέα); Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἔχει φύσιν it is contrary to nature,Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV in Philosophy: __IV.1 nature as an originating power, φ. λέγεται.. ὅθεν ἡ κίνησις ἡ πρώτη ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύσει ὄντων Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ δὲ φ. οὐδὲν ἀλόγως οὐδὲ μάτην ποιεῖRefs 1st c.AD+; φ. κοινή, the principle of growth in the universe, Refs 4th c.BC+; as Stoic technical term, the inner fire which causes preservation and growth in plants and animals, defined as πῦρ τεχνικὸν ὁδῷ βαδίζον εἰς γένεσιν, Refs 2nd c.AD+; Nature, personified, χάρις τῇ μακαρίᾳ Φ. Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV.2 elementary substance, κινδυνεύει ὁ λέγων ταῦτα πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γῆν καὶ ἀέρα πρῶτα ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν πάντων εἶναι καὶ τὴν φ. ὀνομάζειν αὐτὰ ταῦτα Refs 5th c.BC+atoms, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV.3 concrete, the creation, 'Nature', ἀθανάτου.. φύσεως κόσμον ἀγήρων Refs 5th c.BC+; περὶ φύσεως, title of works by Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Gorgias, Epicurus, etc.; [σοφία] ἣν δὴ καλοῦσι περὶ φύσεως ἱστορίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ δύο φ., i.e. heaven and earth, light and darkness, etc., Refs __IV.4 Refs 4th c.BC+ name for two, Refs __V as a concrete term, creature, frequently in collective sense, θνητὴ φ. mankind, Refs 5th c.BC+; πόντου εἰναλία φ. the creatures of the sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ τῶν θηλειῶν φ. woman-kind (opposed to τὸ ἄρρεν φῦλον) Refs 5th c.BC+: also in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+; in contemptuous sense, αἱ τοιαῦται φ. such creatures as these, Refs 5th c.BC+ __V.b of plants or material substances, φ. εὐώδεις καρποφοροῦσαι Refs 1st c.BC+ __VI kind, sort, species, ταύτην.. ἔχειν βιοτῆς.. φύσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. [ἀλωπεκίδων] species, Refs 5th c.BC+; natural group or class of plants, Refs 4th c.BC+ __VII sex, θῆλυς φῦσα (probably to be read instead of οὖσα) κοὐκ ἀνδρὸς φύσιν Refs 5th c.BC+ __VII.2 the characteristic of sex, ={αἰδοῖον}, Refs 4th c.BC+: especially of the female organ, Refs 5th c.BC+ of the testes, Refs 5th c.BC+

φῠσικός, ή, όν, natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in Refs 5th c.BC+, and later Prose; opposed to διδακτός, Refs 5th c.BC+ [same place]; opposed to νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opposed to ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, NT; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα Refs 1st c.BC+ adverb -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, Refs 4th c.BC+ __b belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 belonging to growth, Refs __3 φ. ὀδόντες milk-teeth, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη Refs 4th c.BC+; φ. φιλοσοφίαRefs; οἱ φ. λόγοι falsa lectio for{οἱ φυσιολόγοι}, Refs; φ. προτάσεις, opposed to ἠθικαί, λογικαί, Refs; τὸ φ., τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.2 ὁ φ. an inquirer into nature, natural philosopher, Refs 4th c.BC+: especially of the Ionic and other pre-Socratic philosophers, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὁ φυσικώτατος, of Thales, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2.b army surgeon, uncertain in Refs __II.3 ἡ φ. ἀκρόασις, title of a treatise by Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ φυσικά, a name given to his physical treatises, Refs __II.4 adverb -κῶς according to the laws of nature, Refs: comparative -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Refs __III later, belonging to occult laws of nature, magical, φ. φάρμακα spells or amulets, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -κῶςRefs

στωϊκ-ός, ή, όν, (στοά) of a colonnade or porch: hence, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἡ Σ. Refs 1st c.BC+; οἱ Σ. the NT+1st c.BC+. (Στοϊκός in Refs

Included with: φῠσικός, ή, όν, natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in Refs 5th c.BC+, and later Prose; opposed to διδακτός, Refs 5th c.BC+ [same place]; opposed to νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opposed to ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, NT; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα Refs 1st c.BC+ adverb -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, Refs 4th c.BC+ __b belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 belonging to growth, Refs __3 φ. ὀδόντες milk-teeth, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη Refs 4th c.BC+; φ. φιλοσοφίαRefs; οἱ φ. λόγοι falsa lectio for{οἱ φυσιολόγοι}, Refs; φ. προτάσεις, opposed to ἠθικαί, λογικαί, Refs; τὸ φ., τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.2 ὁ φ. an inquirer into nature, natural philosopher, Refs 4th c.BC+: especially of the Ionic and other pre-Socratic philosophers, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὁ φυσικώτατος, of Thales, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2.b army surgeon, uncertain in Refs __II.3 ἡ φ. ἀκρόασις, title of a treatise by Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ φυσικά, a name given to his physical treatises, Refs __II.4 adverb -κῶς according to the laws of nature, Refs: comparative -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Refs __III later, belonging to occult laws of nature, magical, φ. φάρμακα spells or amulets, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -κῶςRefs