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.
- φράζετε νυνί. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme2)
- ὅσοι μὲν τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐστε καὶ παρῆτε ἐκεῖ, αὐτοί τε ἀναμνήσθητε καὶ τοῖσ παρακαθημένοισ φράζετε τήν τ’ ἐμὴν προθυμίαν καὶ τὰ συμβάντα ἐν τῷ τότε καιρῷ τῇ πόλει πράγματα καὶ τὰσ ἀπορίασ, ἵνα ἐκ τούτων εἰδῆτε ὁποῖόσ τίσ εἰμι περὶ ἃ ἂν προστάξητε ὑμεῖσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 4:1)
- μάρτυρασ δὲ αὖ ὑμῶν τοὺσ πολλοὺσ παρέχομαι, καὶ ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶσ ἀλλήλουσ διδάσκειν τε καὶ φράζειν, ὅσοι ἐμοῦ πώποτε ἀκηκόατε διαλεγομένου ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ ὑμῶν οἱ τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν ‐ φράζετε οὖν ἀλλήλοισ εἰ πώποτε ἢ μικρὸν ἢ μέγα ἤκουσέ τισ ὑμῶν ἐμοῦ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων διαλεγομένου, καὶ ἐκ τούτου γνώσεσθε ὅτι τοιαῦτ’ ἐστὶ καὶ τἆλλα περὶ ἐμοῦ ἃ οἱ πολλοὶ λέγουσιν. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 21:1)
- εἰ δή τισ ἔστι μοι παρ’ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ τούτων χάρισ, φράζετε αὐτὰ τοῖσ Πομπηίου στρατιώταισ ἅπασι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 6 6:7)
- " Σαοῦλοσ δὲ ἀγγειλάντων αὐτῷ τῶν οἰκετῶν τὰσ τοῦ Δαυίδου ἀποκρίσεισ "οὐ χρημάτων, ἔφη, δεῖσθαί με φράζετε αὐτῷ οὐδὲ ἔδνων, ἀπεμπολᾶν γὰρ ἔστιν οὕτωσ τὴν θυγατέρα μᾶλλον ἢ συνοικίζειν, γαμβροῦ δὲ ἀνδρείαν ἔχοντοσ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀρετὴν ἅπασαν, ἣν ὁρᾶν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῷ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 255:3)
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)
