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φημί?

-μι athematic Verb; 전접어 Transliteration: phēmi

Principal Part: φημί φήσω ἔφησα

Structure: φα (Stem) + μί (Ending)

Etym.: Root ΦΑ, cf. φάω

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 ε῏φην ε῏φης ε῏φη(ν)
Dual ἔφατον ἐφάτην
Plural ἔφαμεν ἔφατε ἔφασαν

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 ὁρ´κον 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 δ᾿ 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 καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν ἀπολογήσασθαι, καὶ δὴ φημί σοι μηδένα μηδὲν ἀμισθὶ ποιεῖν, οὐδ᾿ 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

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Derived

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