φυτόν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φύω (phúō, I generate, cause to grow).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠτόν (phutónn (genitive φῠτοῦ); second declension

  1. plant, tree
  2. creature
  3. child, descendant

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύομαι (> DER > 6. φῠτόν)”, 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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