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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

  • ἐκείνου δὲ φήσαντοσ πολλοὺσ ἐλευθέρουσ εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνον νομίζω τὸν μήτε ἐλπίζοντά τι μήτε δεδιότα· (Lucian, (no name) 19:3)
  • ἑτέρου δὲ φήσαντοσ, Ἱκανὰ ἔχω τὰ πατρῷα, Πῶσ φήσ; (Lucian, 5:5)
  • φήσαντοσ δὲ τοῦ νεανίσκου μὴ μετανοεῖν ἐπὶ τοῖσ κάλλιστα βεβουλευμένοισ, κἂν τὰ ἔσχατα πεισόμενον αὑτὸν ἴδῃ, θάνατον αὐτοῦ κατεψηφίσαντο, καὶ τοὺσ ὑπηρέτασ ἐκέλευον ἄγειν εἰσ τὴν καλουμένην Δεχάδα. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 19 5:2)
  • οὔ τινι ὑμῶν ἐπῆλθε περὶ ὑδάτων εἰπεῖν τι, ἀφ’ ὧν καὶ ὁ οἶνοσ ἀφύεται, καίτοι Πινδάρου τοῦ μεγαλοφωνοτάτου ἄριστον πάντων εἶναι τὸ ὕδωρ φήσαντοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 135)
  • τοῦ δὲ λαβόντοσ καὶ χάριν ἔχειν φήσαντοσ συνεὶσ τὴν αἰσχροκέρδειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡσ ταύτῃ μάλιστά ἐστιν ἁλώσιμοσ, "ἀλλ’ εἰ συμπιεῖν ἡμῖν, ἔφην, θελήσειασ, λήψει κατὰ κύαθον δραχμὴν μίαν. (Flavius Josephus, 268:2)

Synonyms

  1. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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