Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • φὰν γάρ που ἱκάνειν Θρήικασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 11:27)
  • φάν γε μὲν εἶναι ἡρῷσσαι, Λιβύησ τιμήοροι ᾐδὲ θύγατρεσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 21:27)
  • ὣσ φάν, ὁ δ’ ὑψόροφον θάλαμον κατεβήσετο πατρὸσ εὐρύν, ὅθι νητὸσ χρυσὸσ καὶ χαλκὸσ ἔκειτο ἐσθήσ τ’ ἐν χηλοῖσιν ἅλισ τ’ ἐυῶδεσ ἔλαιον· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 34:1)
  • ὣσ φάν, τῷ δ’ ἀσπαστὸν ἐείσατο κοιμηθῆναι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 32:1)
  • φὰν γάρ μιν ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 55:3)

Synonyms

  1. I speak

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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