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φυτεία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυτεία

Structure: φυτει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: futeu/w

Sense

  1. a planting
  2. the growth of a plant
  3. a plant

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀενάουσ πηγὰσ ἀνακαλύπτων πόλει τε καὶ στρατοπέδοισ καὶ φυτείαισ βασιλέων καὶ ἄλσεσιν. (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 1 11:2)
  • Ἅρπαλοσ δὲ τῆσ χώρασ ἀπολειφθεὶσ ἐπιμελητήσ καὶ φιλοκαλῶν Ἑλληνικαῖσ φυτείαισ διακοσμῆσαι τὰ βασίλεια καὶ τοὺσ περιπάτουσ, τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἐκράτησε, τὸν δὲ κιττὸν οὐκ ἔστεξεν ἡ γῆ μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ διέφθειρεν οὐ φέροντα τὴν κρᾶσιν ἡ μὲν γὰρ πυρώδησ, ὁ δὲ φιλόψυχροσ, τῶν μὲν οὖν τοιούτων παρεκβάσεων, ἂν μέτρον ἔχωσιν, ἧττον ἴσωσ οἱ δύσκολοι κατηγορήσουσιν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 35 8:1)
  • Περικλέουσ πολιτεύμασι καὶ τοῖσ Δημητρίου πολλὰ τοιαῦτ’ ἔνεστι, καὶ Κίμων ἐκόσμησε τὴν ἀγορὰν πλατάνων φυτείαισ καὶ περιπάτοισ· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 24 11:1)
  • τῷ δ’ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ φασὶν ἐπελθεῖν τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἐξημεροῦντα μὲν τὴν χώραν ταῖσ φυτείαισ, εὐεργετοῦντα δὲ τοὺσ λαοὺσ μεγάλαισ τιμαῖσ καὶ χάρισι πρὸσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 73 6:1)
  • καὶ τὴν μὲν χώραν ἐξημεροῦν ταῖσ φυτείαισ, στρατιώτιδασ δ’ ἐπιλέξασθαι γυναῖκασ, καθάπερ καὶ ὁ παλαιὸσ τὰσ Ἀμαζόνασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 74 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a planting

  2. the growth of a plant

  3. a plant

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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