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.
- ἢν ταῦτα ποιῇσ ἁγὼ φράζω, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ προσέχῃσ τὸν νοῦν, ἕξεισ ἀεὶ στῆθοσ λιπαρόν, χροιὰν λαμπράν, ὤμουσ μεγάλουσ, γλῶτταν βαιάν, πυγὴν μεγάλην, πόσθην μικράν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, pnigos1)
- μεταπέμπομαί τ’ εὐθὺσ τοὺσ πρωτεύοντασ τῶν Γαλιλαίων καὶ φράζω τὸν τρόπον, ᾧ παρασπονδηθεὶσ ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ιὠνάθην καὶ τοὺσ Τιβεριεῖσ παρ’ ὀλίγον παρ’ αὐτῶν διαφθαρείην. (Flavius Josephus, 364:1)
- στεῖχ’ εἰσ ἀγορὰν πρὸσ τοὺσ Ἑρμᾶσ, οὗ προσφοιτῶσ1’ οἱ φύλαρχοι, τούσ τε μαθητὰσ τοὺσ ὡραίουσ οὓσ ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἵππουσ μελετᾷ Φείδων καὶ καταβαίνειν οἶσθ’ οὓσ φράζω; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 67 1:2)
- μέμνησ1’ ἃ λέγω, πρόσεχ’ οἷσ φράζω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 67 2:6)
- κἂν ταῦτα ποιῆθ’ ὥσπερ φράζω, λαμπροῖσ δείπνοισ δεξόμεθ’ ὑμᾶσ, οὐδὲν ὁμοίοισ τοῖσ Ἰφικράτουσ τοῖσ ἐν Θρᾴκῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 71)
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)