φυτεύω
Alt. φυ^τεύω,
Etym. φυτόν
I. "to plant" trees, Od., Hdt., etc.:—absol., Hes., Xen.:—Mid. "to plant for oneself", Pind.
2. metaph. "to beget" children, Hes., Hdt., etc.; ὁ φυτεύσας alone, "the father", Soph., Eur., etc.; οἱ φυτεύσαντες "the parents", Soph.: metaph., ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον id=Soph.:—Pass. "to spring" from parents, τινος, ἔκ or ἀπό τινος Pind., Soph.
3. generally, "to produce, bring about, cause", κακόν or κακὰ φυτ. Hom.; φυτ. πῆμα Soph.:—Pass., ὄλβος σὺν θεῷ φυτευθείς id=Soph.
II. "to plant" ground "with fruit-trees", φυτ. γῆν Thuc.; φυτ. ἀγρόν Xen.:—Pass., γῆ πεφυτευμένη, opp. to ψιλή, Hdt., Dem.