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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

  • περὶ πόδα τοίνυν καὶ σὲ τὸν Σάλαιθον ἐκεῖνον εἶναι φαίη τισ ἄν· (Lucian, Apologia 11:2)
  • ταῦτα δὲ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα φήσει οἰόμενοσ τὸν υἱὸν δεῖσθαι μὲν ἔτι τούτων καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ μετὰ τὴν τελευτήν, οὐ δύνασθαι δὲ μετέχειν αὐτῶν. (Lucian, (no name) 14:1)
  • ὥστε οὐ κατὰ τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ νόμιμον καὶ τόν ὁρ́κον τόν δικαστικόν φαίη τισ ἄν γίγνεσθαι τάσ διαβολάσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 8:7)
  • ναί, φήσει. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 27:1)
  • νὴ Δία, φῄσ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔδει σε τὰ Πλάτωνοσ ἁμαρτήματα ἐξελέγχειν, βουλόμενον ἐπαινεῖν Δημοσθένη. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 6:1)
  • Μοῖραν δ̓ οὔτινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν καὶ τό γεινομένῳ ἐπένησε λίνῳ, ὅτε μιν τέκε μήτηρ. (Lucian, Apologia 20:1)
  • ἐθέλω γοῦν ἐκ περιττοῦ χρησάμενοσ τῇ παρρησίᾳ καὶ ὁμόσε χωρήσασ τῷ ἐπιφερομένῳ ἐγκλήματι καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ἀπολογήσασθαι, καὶ δὴ φημί σοι μηδένα μηδὲν ἀμισθὶ ποιεῖν, οὐδ̓ ἂν τοὺσ τὰ μέγιστα πράττοντασ εἴπῃσ, ὅπου μηδὲ βασιλεὺσ αὐτὸσ ἄμισθόσ ἐστιν. (Lucian, Apologia 31:1)
  • ὁμολογῶ, καί φημι καλῶσ καὶ συμφερόντωσ πεπραχέναι τοῦτο· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 15:1)
  • καίτοι τί ταῦτα φημί; (Lucian, (no name) 14:2)
  • ^ φημὶ τοίνυν δεινὰ ποιεῖν ἐνίουσ ἡμῶν, οἷσ οὐκ ἀπόχρη θεοὺσ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων αὐτοῖσ γεγενῆσθαι, ἀλλ’, εἰ μὴ καὶ τοὺσ ἀκολούθουσ καὶ θεράποντασ αὐτῶν ἰσοτίμουσ ἡμῖν ἀποφανοῦσιν, οὐδὲν μέγα οὐδὲ νεανικὸν οἰόνται εἰργάσθαι. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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