φῠσικός, ή, όν,
natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn, native, once in X., Mem. 3.9.1, not in Pl., freq. in Arist. (τὰ περὶ γένεσιν φ. Ph. 191a3, al.), and later Prose; opp. διδακτός, X. l.c.; opp. νομικός (conventional), δίκαιον Arist. EN 1134b19; ἡ φ. χρῆσις, opp. ἡ παρὰ φύσιν, [Rom 1:26]; of style, natural, simple, ἀληθὲς καὶ φ. χρῶμα D.H. Th. 42; τὸ φ., opp. τὸ τεχνικόν, ib. 34: φ. υἱός, = ὁ ἐκ πορνείας γεγονώς, opp. γνήσιος, Thom.Mag. p.362 R.; υἱὸς γνήσιος καὶ φ. PLips. 28.18 (iv A. D.). Adv. -κῶς by nature, naturally, κινητόν, κινεῖσθαι, Arist. Ph. 201a24, Cael. 307b32; ὠχυρωμένη φ. λίμνῃ D.S. 20.55; ἀκατασκεύως καὶ φ. Plb. 6.4.7, etc. belonging to the nature of a plant, characteristic, Thphr. HP 8.4.4, al.
2. belonging to growth, Stoic. 2.205, al.
3. φ. ὀδόντες milk -teeth, Nicom. ap. Theol.Ar. 49.
II of or concerning the order of external nature, natural, physical, ἡ φ. ἐπιστήμη Arist. PA 640a2; φ. φιλοσοφία ib. 653a9; ἡ φ. Id. Metaph. 1026a6, etc.; opp. μαθηματική, θεολογική, ib. 1064b2; τὰ φ. ib. 1026a4; οἱ φ. λόγοι f.l. for οἱ φυσιολόγοι, Id. EN 1154b7; φ. προτάσεις, opp. ἠθικαί, λογικαί, Id. Top. 105b21; τὸ φ., τὸ ἠθικόν, τὸ λογικόν, the three branches of philosophy, Zeno Stoic. 1.15, etc., cf. S.E. P. 2.13; τὰ πρῶτα καὶ -ώτατα the primal elements of things, Plu. 2.395d.
2. ὁ φ. an inquirer into nature, natural philosopher, Arist. de An. 403a28, PA 641a21, Metaph. 1005a34; περὶ πασῶν [τῶν αἰτιῶν] εἰδέναι τοῦ φ. Id. Ph. 198a22, cf. Metaph. 1026a5: esp. of the Ionic and other pre-Socratic philosophers, Id. Ph. 184b17, 187a12, 205a5, al.: also ὁ φ., of Epicurus, Phylarch. 24J.; ὁ φυσικώτατος, of Thales, Luc. Ner. 4. army surgeon, dub. in IG 12.950.153.
3. ἡ φ. ἀκρόασις, title of a treatise by Arist.; τὰ φυσικά, a name given to his physical treatises, Id. Ph. 267b21, Metaph. 1042b8; ἐπιτομὴ φυσικῶν Id. [Pro 10:1-32] tit.
4. Adv. -κῶς according to the laws of nature, Id. Ph. 198a23; opp. λογικῶς, ib. 204b10: Comp. -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Id. GC 335b25.
III later, belonging to occult laws of nature, magical, φ. φάρμακα spells or amulets, Alex. Trall. 1.15; φυσικοῖς χρῆσθαι Gp. 2.18.8; φ. θεραπεία ib.2.42.3; φ. δακτύλιοι Sch. Ar. Pl. 884. Adv. -κῶς Gp. 9.1.5.
G5446 — φυσικός
φυσικη, φυσικον (φύσις), natural; i. e., a. produced by nature, inborn (very often so from Xenophon, (mem. 3, 9, 1) down).
b. agreeable to nature (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others): opposed to παρά φύσιν, [Rom 1:26],(27).
c. governed by (the instincts of) nature: ζῷα γεγεννημένα φυσικά, [2Pe 2:12] (R. V. born mere animals).
* φυσικός , - ή , - όν ( < ψύσις ), natural;
(a) produced by nature, innate ( Xen ., Arist ., al. );
(b) according to nature ( Arist ., Diod ., al. ): opp . to παρὰ φύσιν , [Rom 1:26-27];
(c) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut ., Mor., 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ . ( RV , born mere animals; Mayor , born creatures of instinct; ICC , animals born of mere nature), [2Pe 2:12], †