φράζω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φράζω
φράσω
ἔφρασα
πέφρακα
πέφρασμαι
ἐφράσθην
Structure:
φράζ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root FRAD
Sense
- I make known, point out, intimate, show
- I tell, declare
- I explain, interpret
- I counsel, advise, suggest, bid, order
- (in the middle voice) I think, consider, ponder, muse
- (in the middle voice) I devise, plan, design, intend
- (in the middle voice) I think, suppose, believe, imagine that
- (in the middle voice) I remark, perceive, notice
- (in the middle voice) I come to know, learn, become acquainted with, see, understand
- (in the middle voice) I observe, watch, guard
- (in the middle voice) I mind, heed
Conjugation
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.
- τὸν δ’ ἐφράσατο βροτὸσ ἀνὴρ ἐσ Πύλον εὐθὺσ ἐλῶντα βοῶν γένοσ εὐρυμετώπων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 39:6)
- γράμμα τόδ’ Ἀρήτοιο δαήμονοσ, ὅσ ποτε λεπτῇ φροντίδι δηναιοὺσ ἀστέρασ ἐφράσατο, ἀπλανέασ τ’ ἄμφω καὶ ἀλήμονασ, οἷσιν ἐναργὴσ ἰλλόμενοσ κύκλοισ οὐρανὸσ ἐνδέδεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 251)
- ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ καὶ κεῖνοσ ἰὼν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον ἐν νηυσὶ γλαφυρῇσι Μαλειάων ὄροσ αἰπὺ ἷξε θέων, τότε δὴ στυγερὴν ὁδὸν εὐρύοπα Ζεὺσ ἐφράσατο, λιγέων δ’ ἀνέμων ἐπ’ ἀυτμένα χεῦε, κύματά τε τροφέοντο πελώρια, ἶσα ὄρεσσιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 27:4)
- ἀλλ’ αὐτὴ ἐσάωσε καὶ ἐφράσατο μέγ’ ὄνειαρ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 46:10)
Synonyms
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I make known
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I tell
- θροέω (to tell out, declare)
- ἀπεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- ἐξεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- προαγορεύω (to tell beforehand, to tell or declare beforehand that . .)
- ἐκχράω (to declare as an oracle, tell out)
- καταγγέλλω (to declare)
- ἐκφαίνω (to declare)
- λέγω (to say something, to speak to the point or purpose, am I right)
- λέγω (to tell)
- κατεῖπον (to tell)
- πιφαύσκω (to tell)
- ἐξεῖπον (to tell, of)
- ἐξαγορεύω (to tell out, make known, declare)
- πιφαύσκω (to make manifest, declare, tell of)
- κατεῖπον (to speak out, tell plainly, declare)
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I explain
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I counsel
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I think
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I devise
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I think
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I remark
- εἰσνοέω (to perceive, remark)
- μανθάνω (I notice, perceive)
- ὀσμάομαι (to smell at, to perceive, remark)
- παροράω (to look at by the way, notice, remark)
- αἰσθάνομαι (I perceive, apprehend, notice)
- νοέω (to perceive, observe, see)
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I come to know
- εἴδομαι (to see, experience, become acquainted with)
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I observe
- φρουρέω (to watch for, observe)
- ἐπωπάω (to observe, watch)
- φρουρέω (to watch, guard, to be watched or guarded)
- διατηρέω (to watch closely, observe)
- φρουρέω (to keep watch or guard)
- θεάομαι (I view, I watch, I observe.)
- νωμάω (to revolve, to observe, watch)
- διαφυλάσσω (to observe, maintain, to guard against)
- νυκτοφυλακέω (to keep guard by night, to watch, by night)
- ἀντιφυλάσσω (to watch in turn, to be on one's guard against)
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I mind
- κομίζω (to mind, attend to, give heed to)
- φρονέω (to have a thing in one's mind, mind, take heed)