φυτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φύω (phuō, “I generate, cause to grow”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰytón/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰytón/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸytón/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fytón/

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

Noun

φυτόν (genitive φυτοῦ) n, second declension; (phuton)

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

Inflection

Second declension of φυτόν, φυτοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φυτόν	φυτώ	φυτά
Genitive	φυτοῦ	φυτοῖν	φυτῶν
Dative	φυτῷ	φυτοῖν	φυτοῖς
Accusative	φυτόν	φυτώ	φυτά
Vocative	φυτόν	φυτώ	φυτά

Descendants

• English: phyto-, -phyte

References

• LSJ
• BDAG