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φάσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάσις φάσεως

Structure: φασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. appearance
  2. denunciation

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ ἐπιστρέψασ ὀπίσω ἠιέ, καὶ ἐπείτε ἐγίνετο ἐπὶ Φάσι ποταμῷ, οὐκ ἔχω τὸ ἐνθεῦτεν ἀτρεκέωσ εἰπεῖν εἴτε αὐτὸσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Σέσωστρισ ἀποδασάμενοσ τῆσ ἑωυτοῦ στρατιῆσ μόριον ὅσον δὴ αὐτοῦ κατέλιπε τῆσ χώρησ οἰκήτορασ, εἴτε τῶν τινεσ στρατιωτέων τῇ πλάνῃ αὐτοῦ ἀχθεσθέντεσ περὶ Φᾶσιν ποταμὸν κατέμειναν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 103 3:1)
  • ἄλλοι δὲ τὸ τοῦ πιθήκου πεπονθέναι σε φήσουσιν, ὃν Κλεοπάτρᾳ τῇ πάνυ φασὶ γενέσθαι· (Lucian, Apologia 14:1)
  • οὕτω φασὶ ποιήσειν· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 9:2)
  • καὶ οὐδὲ ἐντελῆ τὸν μισθὸν ἐκομίσαντο παρὰ τοῦ Φρυγόσ, ἀλλὰ προσώφειλεν αὐτοῖσ πλέον ἢ τριάκοντα, φασί, δραχμὰσ Τρωϊκάσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 4:3)
  • φασὶ γοῦν Ἀπόλλωνοσ παρέδρουσ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ᾠδικοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ἐνταῦθά που ἐσ τὰ ὄρνεα μεταπεσεῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ᾄδειν ἔτι οὐκ ἐκλαθομένουσ τῆσ μουσικῆσ. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 4:3)
  • Ἥρην μὲν Χαρίτων ἱερὴν ἐνέπουσι τιθήνην, φασὶ δὲ κοιρανίην μεθέπειν καὶ σκῆπτρα φυλάσσειν· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 145)

Synonyms

  1. appearance

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