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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φήμη φήμᾱ φῆμαι
Genitive φήμης φήμαιν φημῶν
Dative φήμῃ φήμαιν φήμαις
Accusative φήμην φήμᾱ φήμᾱς
Vocative φήμη φήμᾱ φῆμαι

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

  • δεινὴν δὲ βροτῶν ὑπαλεύεο φήμην. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 92:2)
  • λαβὲ σίδηρον, ὦ ξένε, δεῖξόν τε φήμην ἔτυμον ἀμφὶ Θεσσαλῶν. (Euripides, episode 2:10)
  • μάλα γὰρ τερπνὴν κἀνέλπιστον φήμην ἀκοαῖσι δέδεγμαι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 1:2)
  • ὦ ταῖσ ἱεραῖσ φέγγοσ Ἀθήναισ καὶ ταῖσ νήσοισ ἐπίκουρε, τίν’ ἔχων φήμην ἀγαθὴν ἥκεισ, ἐφ’ ὅτῳ κνισῶμεν ἀγυιάσ; (Aristotle, Choral, anapests2)
  • καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ σπονδαῖσ καὶ ταῖσ εὐχαῖσ φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι γενναίωσ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τοῦ νείκουσ ξυνεβήτην. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Lyric-Scene, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. prophetic voice

  2. reputation

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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