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φύσας

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φύσας

Structure: φυς (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: aor1 part. of φύω, φύσω, ἔφυσα, πέφυκα, ,

Sense

  1. a father;

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φύσας φύσᾱ φύσαι
Genitive φύσου φύσαιν φυσῶν
Dative φύσῃ φύσαιν φύσαις
Accusative φύσην φύσᾱ φύσᾱς
Vocative φύσα φύσᾱ φύσαι

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

  • κάμινον φυσῶν ἐν ἔργοισ καύματοσ, τριπλασίωσ ἥλιοσ ἐκκαίων ὄρη. ἀτμίδασ πυρώδεισ ἐκφυσῶν καὶ ἐκλάμπων ἀκτῖνασ ἀμαυροῖ ὀφθαλμούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:4)
  • ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἔκτισά σε οὐχ ὡσ χαλκεὺσ φυσῶν ἄνθρακασ καὶ ἐκφέρων σκεῦοσ εἰσ ἔργον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἔκτισά σε οὐκ εἰσ ἀπώλειαν φθεῖραι (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 54:16)
  • κἀν τῷδε πᾶσ τισ, ὡσ ὁρᾷ βουφόρβια πίπτοντα καὶ πορθούμεν’, ἐξωπλίζετο, κόχλουσ τε φυσῶν συλλέγων τ’ ἐγχωρίουσ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 4:3)
  • καὶ πῶσ Ἀχιλεὺσ λέκτρων ἀπλακὼν οὐ μέγα φυσῶν θυμὸν ἐπαρεῖ σοὶ σῇ τ’ ἀλόχῳ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:7)
  • κᾆθ’ οἱ Κεραμῆσ ἐν ταῖσι πύλαισ παίουσ’ αὐτοῦ γαστέρα πλευρὰσ λαγόνασ πυγήν, ὁ δὲ τυπτόμενοσ ταῖσι πλατείαισ ὑποπερδόμενοσ φυσῶν τὴν λαμπάδ’ ἔφευγεν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antipnigos5)

Synonyms

  1. a father

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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