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φημί

-μι athematic Verb; 전접어 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φημί φήσω ἔφησα

Structure: φα (Stem) + ̄μί (Ending)

Etym.: Root FA, cf. fa/w

Sense

  1. I speak, say.

Note

현재 직설법 중 2인칭 단수를 제외하고 나머지는 모두 전접어임.

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓φην ε͂̓φης ε͂̓φην*
Dual έ̓φατον ἐφάτην
Plural έ̓φαμεν έ̓φατε έ̓φασαν

Aorist tense

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

  • ἀληθῆ δ’ εἰ λέγεισ φαίημεν ἄν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 3:20)
  • εἰ δὲ ταῦτα τοὺσ γράφοντασ οὐκ ὀλίγοι δ’ εἰσὶν οὗτοι ψεύδεσθαι φαίημεν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι γε πρὸσ δωρεὰσ βασιλέων σὺν χάριτι καὶ τιμῇ διδομένασ ἀντιβλέψαι Δημοσθένησ οὐκ ἂν ἐτόλμησεν, οὐδ’ ἦν τοῦτο ἔργον ἀνθρώπου δανείζοντοσ ἐπὶ ναυτικοῖσ, ἀμήχανον ἀντειπεῖν· (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 3 5:2)
  • ἀλλὰ φαίημεν ἂν ἕκαστοσ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ τὰ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ ἐκεῖνα, ἅ φησι περὶ τοῦ Ἕκτοροσ, ὅτι οὐ γὰρ ἐμῆσ κόρυθοσ λεύσσουσι μέτωπον. (Lucian, 70:4)
  • πάντασ οὖν ἂν φάντεσ, ὦ Ἀλκιβιάδη, τοὺσ ἄφρονασ μαίνεσθαι ὀρθῶσ ἂν φαίημεν· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 9:3)
  • μᾶλλον γὰρ μίαν τὴν οἰκίαν τῆσ πόλεωσ φαίημεν ἄν, καὶ τὸν ἕνα τῆσ οἰκίασ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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