φύσις

Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰýsis/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰýsis/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸýsis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fýsis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /físis/

Etymology

From φύω "I grow"

Noun

φύσις (genitive φύσεως) f, third declension; (phusis)

1. origin, birth
2. nature, quality, property
3. later, the nature of one's personality: temper, disposition
4. form, shape
5. that which is natural: nature
6. type, kind
7. Nature, as an entity, especially of productive power
8. creature

Inflection

Third declension of φύσῐς, φύσεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φύσῐς	τὼ φύσει	αἱ φύσεις
Genitive	τῆς φύσεως	τοῖν φῠσέοιν	τῶν φύσεων
Dative	τῇ φύσει	τοῖν φῠσέοιν	ταῖς φύσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν φύσῐν	τὼ φύσει	τὰς φύσεις
Vocative	φύσῐ	φύσει	φύσεις

Third declension of φύσῐς, φύσιος (Ionic, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φύσῐς	τὼ φύσιε	αἱ φύσιες
Genitive	τῆς φύσιος	τοῖν φῠσίοιν	τῶν φῠσίων
Dative	τῇ φύσῑ, φύσει	τοῖν φῠσίοιν	ταῖς φύσῐσῐ(ν), φῠσίεσῐ(ν), φύσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν φύσῐν	τὼ φύσιε	τὰς φύσῑς, φύσιᾰς
Vocative	φύσῐ	φύσιε	φύσιες

Descendants

• physician
• physiology
• hypophysis

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5449