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φήμη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φήμη

Structure: φημ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. prophetic voice, oracle
  2. rumor
  3. reputation

Declension

First 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

  • χρηματίσασ δὲ καὶ τούτοισ καὶ τὸν Ἐπικούρειον Ἑρμόδωρον ἐπιτρίψασ μετεκαθέζετο ἐπὶ τὸν ἑξῆσ θρόνον κληδόσι καὶ φήμαισ καὶ οἰωνοῖσ προσέξων. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 26:2)
  • εἰ μή σ’ Ἀπόλλων ἐξεβάκχευεν φρένασ, οὔ τἂν ἀμισθὶ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ στρατηλάτασ τοιαῖσδε φήμαισ ἐξέπεμπεσ ἂν χθονόσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 2:14)
  • ἀταλᾶσ ὑπὸ ματρὸσ <ἄρν’> Ἀργείων ὀρέων ποτὲ κληδὼν ἐν πολιαῖσι μένει φήμαισ εὐαρμόστοισ ἐν καλάμοισ Πᾶνα μοῦσαν ἡδύθροον πνέοντ’, ἀγρῶν ταμίαν, χρυσέαν καλλιπλόκαμον πορεῦσαι. (Euripides, choral, strophe 11)
  • "ἀλλὰ μὴν ἧσ γε καὶ Κωλώτησ ἐπαινεῖ διατάξεωσ τῶν νόμων πρῶτόν ἐστιν ἡ περὶ θεῶν δόξα καὶ μέγιστον, καὶ Λυκοῦργοσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ καὶ Νομᾶσ Ῥωμαίουσ καὶ Ιὤν ὁ παλαιὸσ Ἀθηναίουσ καὶ Δευκαλίων Ἕλληνασ ὁμοῦ τι πάντασ καθωσίωσαν, εὐχαῖσ καὶ ὁρ́κοισ καὶ μαντεύμασι καὶ φήμαισ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 31 1:7)
  • Βροῦτον δὲ πολλοὶ μὲν λόγοι παρὰ τῶν συνήθων, πολλαῖσ δὲ φήμαισ καὶ γράμμασιν ἐξεκαλοῦντο καὶ παρώρμων ἐπὶ τὴν πρᾶξιν οἱ πολῖται. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 9 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. prophetic voice

  2. reputation

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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