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φάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάω

Structure: φά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to give light, shine

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular φῶ φᾷς φᾷ
Dual φᾶτον φᾶτον
Plural φῶμεν φᾶτε φῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular φῶ φῇς φῇ
Dual φῆτον φῆτον
Plural φῶμεν φῆτε φῶσιν*
OptativeSingular φῷμι φῷς φῷ
Dual φῷτον φῴτην
Plural φῷμεν φῷτε φῷεν
ImperativeSingular φᾶ φᾱ́τω
Dual φᾶτον φᾱ́των
Plural φᾶτε φώντων, φᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive φᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
φων φωντος φωσα φωσης φων φωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular φῶμαι φᾷ φᾶται
Dual φᾶσθον φᾶσθον
Plural φώμεθα φᾶσθε φῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular φῶμαι φῇ φῆται
Dual φῆσθον φῆσθον
Plural φώμεθα φῆσθε φῶνται
OptativeSingular φῴμην φῷο φῷτο
Dual φῷσθον φῴσθην
Plural φῴμεθα φῷσθε φῷντο
ImperativeSingular φῶ φᾱ́σθω
Dual φᾶσθον φᾱ́σθων
Plural φᾶσθε φᾱ́σθων, φᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive φᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
φωμενος φωμενου φωμενη φωμενης φωμενον φωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓φων ε͂̓φᾱς ε͂̓φᾱν*
Dual έ̓φᾱτον ἐφᾶτην
Plural έ̓φωμεν έ̓φᾱτε ε͂̓φων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐφῶμην έ̓φω έ̓φᾱτο
Dual έ̓φᾱσθον ἐφᾶσθην
Plural ἐφῶμεθα έ̓φᾱσθε έ̓φωντο

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

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδ’ ἐξαπατηθῆναι ὑμῖν ἔνεστιν ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν, ἂν φῶσιν ἀναγκαῖα εἶνα[ι τ]ῷ δήμῳ τὰ περὶ τῶν ἐπ[αίν]ων ψηφίζεσθαι· (Hyperides, Speeches, 13:3)
  • ἀξιοῖ τοῖσ ἀντιδίκοισ περὶ ἡμῶν πιστεύειν καὶ οἰέται τοιαῦτα εἶναι τὰ ἡμέτερα, ὁποῖα ἂν ἐκεῖνοι φῶσιν ἢ οὐκ εἰδότεσ ἢ κρυπτόμενοι τἀληθέσ; (Lucian, 68:2)
  • τούτουσ δ’ ἐάσω, μή με φῶσιν κακῶσ αὑτοὺσ λέγειν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 39:4)
  • ἐὰν μὴ φῶσιν ἅπαντα μεμαρτυρηκέναι, τί οὖν ἐν τῷ γραμματείῳ γέγραπται; (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 130:3)
  • καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εὐδοξία τῶν ἡδίστων διὰ τὸ γίγνεσθαι φαντασίαν ἑκάστῳ ὅτι τοιοῦτοσ οἱο͂σ ὁ σπουδαῖοσ, καὶ μᾶλλον ὅταν φῶσιν οὓσ οἰέται ἀληθεύειν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. to give light

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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