[334] πέτρου ι φύσιν Eur. Med. 1279 “ὦ τάλαιν᾽, ὡς ἄρ᾽ ἦσθα πέτρος ἢ σίδᾳρος.” For the periphrasis cp. Plat. Phaedrus 251b “ἡ τοῦ πτεροῦ φύσις,” = τὸ πτερόν, πεφυκὸς ὥσπερ πέφυκε, being constituted as it is: Plat. Tim. 45b “τὴν τῶν βλεφάρων φύσιν”: Plat. Tim. 74d “τὴν τῶν νεύρων φύσιν”: Plat. Tim. 84c “ἡ τοῦ μυελοῦ φύσις”: Plat. Laws 145d “τὴν ὕδατος φύσιν.” And so often in Arist., e.g. “ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος φύσις” Aristot. Meteor. 2.8: “ἡ τῶν νεύρων φύσις” Aristot. Hist. An. 3.5.
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