A.plant (opp. ζῷον, Diog.Apoll.2, Pl.Phd.70d, R. 532b, Lg.889c), esp. garden plant or tree, “φυτῶν ὄρχατοι” Il.14.123; “τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ θρέψασα φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς” 18.57, cf. Hes.Op.571, Pi.P. 9.58 (pl.), A.Eu.940 (lyr., pl.), E.Heracl.281(pl.), etc.; “φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων” D.53.15; “ἀμπέλων” Thphr.CP1.12.9; “φ. ἔγγεια” Pl.R.546a; “τὰ ἐκ γῆς φ.” Id.Ti.60a: prov., “αὐτίκα καὶ φυτὰ δῆλα ἃ μέλλει κάρπιμ᾽ ἔσεσθαι” Lib.Ep.32.3.
2. sucker, slip, Arist.Mir.834a16.
3. = κυνόγλωσσον, Ps.-Dsc.4.127.
II. generally, creature, A.Supp. 281, etc.; γυναῖκες . . ἀθλιώτατον φ. (collective) most miserable creatures, E.Med.231; “εἶτ᾽ οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φ.;” Alex.141.1; “κακὸν φ. πέφυκεν . . γυνή” Men.Mon.304; also in Pl., “ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλα φ.” Sph.233e; “σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φ.” Id.R.401a.
