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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

  • δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶν ἀριστεῦσαι καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:18)
  • δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, νικῆσαι τὰσ τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:17)
  • περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτων οὐδὲν ἔχω, καθάπερ ἔφην, διαβεβαιοῦσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 4 1:4)
  • κἀγὼ τὸν μῦθον διηγούμην αὐτοῖσ, Φαέθοντα γενέσθαι Ἡλίου παῖδα, καὶ τοῦτον ἐσ ἡλικίαν ἐλθόντα αἰτῆσαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐλάσαι τὸ ἁρ́μα, ὡσ ποιήσειε καὶ αὐτὸσ μίαν ἡμέραν, τὸν δὲ δοῦναι, τὸν δὲ ἀπολέσθαι ἐκδιφρευθέντα, καὶ τὰσ ἀδελφὰσ αὐτοῦ πενθούσασ ἐνταῦθά που, ἔφην, παρ’ ὑμῖν, ἵναπερ καὶ κατέπεσεν, ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ, αἰγείρουσ γενέσθαι καὶ δακρύειν ἔτι ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τὸ ἤλεκτρον, τίσ ταῦτά σοι, ἔφασκον, διηγήσατο ἀπατεὼν καὶ ψευδολόγοσ ἄνθρωποσ; (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 2:4)
  • κεκολάφθαι γὰρ ἐπ̓ αὐτῇ ἄνθρωπον μὲν τινα οἱο͂ν τὸν Τάνταλον γράφουσιν ἐν λίμνῃ ἑστῶτα καὶ ἀρυομενον τοῦ ὕδατοσ, ὡσ πίοι δή, τὸ θηρίον δὲ τὴν διψάδα ἐμπεφυκὸσ αὐτῷ περιεσπειρᾶσθαι τῷ ποδί, καί τινασ γυναῖκασ ὑδροφορούσασ ἅμα πολλὰσ καταχεῖν τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ πλησίον δὲ ᾠὰ κεῖσθαι οἱᾶ τῶν στρουθῶν ἐκείνων, οὓσ ἔφην θηρᾶν τοὺσ Γαράμαντασ· (Lucian, Dipsades 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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