φύω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *pʰúyō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti, from *bʰuH- (to appear, become, rise up).[1]

    Cognate with Old Armenian բոյս (boys, plant), Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), Avestan 𐬠𐬎 (bu), Latin fuī (I was), Old English bēon (English be), Albanian bëj.

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    φῠ́ω • (phŭ́ō)

    1. (transitive) to bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow
    2. (transitive) to beget, bear, give birth to
    3. (intransitive) to grow, arise, spring up
    4. (intransitive, present tense) to become [with adjective]
    5. (intransitive, aorist and perfect)
    6. (copulative) to be by nature [with adjective]
    7. (intransitive) to be naturally disposed to, prone [with infinitive ‘to do’]
    8. (impersonal) It is natural, happens naturally [with infinitive ‘that ...’]
    9. to be one's natural lot [with dative ‘someone's’]

    Inflection

    • Present active, future active, and 1st aorist active are transitive; others are intransitive.

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύομαι)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1597-8

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