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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

  • 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. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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