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.
- "τοῖσ μὲν οὖν τότε πολλὴν ἔδει μνήμην παρεῖναι πολλὰ γὰρ ἐφράζετο καὶ τόπων σημεῖα καὶ πράξεων καιροὶ καὶ θεῶν ἱερὰ διαποντίων καὶ ἡρώων ἀπόρρητοι θῆκαι καὶ δυσεξεύρετοι μακρὰν ἀπαίρουσι τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 272)
- καὶ τότε δὴ κατὰ θυμὸν ἐφράζετο Φοῖβοσ Απόλλων, οὕστινασ ἀνθρώπουσ ὀργείονασ εἰσαγάγοιτο, οἳ θεραπεύσονται Πυθοῖ ἔνι πετρηέσσῃ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 26:1)
- Ἀγχίσησ δ’ ὁρόων ἐφράζετο θαύμαινέν τε εἶδόσ τε μέγεθόσ τε καὶ εἵματα σιγαλόεντα. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 8:6)
- ἄλλῳ μέν νυν οὐκ ἐφράζετο ἔργῳ δυνατὸσ εἶναί μιν ὑποχειρίην ποιῆσαι, εἰ δ’ ἑωυτὸν λωβησάμενοσ αὐτομολήσειε ἐσ αὐτούσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 154 3:1)
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)