φωνέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φωνέω
φωνήσω
ἐφώνησα
Structure:
φωνέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I produce a sound or tone
- (of men) I speak loud or clearly; I speak, give utterance
- I call by name, call
- I speak, tell of
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.
- καὶ φωνήσασ Ἰεχονίασ Ἰεήλου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἶπεν. Ἔσδρα, ἡμεῖσ ἡμάρτομεν εἰσ τὸν Κύριον καὶ συνῳκίσαμεν γυναῖκασ ἀλλογενεῖσ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπάνω πᾶσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:89)
- τίσ ὁ φωνήσασ; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, anapests10)
- δείσαντοσ δὲ τοῦ κελευσθέντοσ εἰσ τοσοῦτο πλῆθοσ προελθεῖν μόνου, τὴν δειλίαν τοῦ στρατιώτου μὴ βουληθεὶσ κατάδηλον γενέσθαι τοῖσ Τιβεριεῦσιν, αὐτὸν Κλεῖτον φωνήσασ "ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἄξιοσ, εἶπον, ὑπάρχεισ ἀμφοτέρασ τὰσ χεῖρασ ἀποβαλεῖν οὕτωσ ἀχάριστοσ εἰσ ἐμὲ γενόμενοσ, γενοῦ σαυτοῦ δημόσιοσ, μὴ καὶ ἀπειθήσασ χείρονα τιμωρίαν ὑπόσχῃσ. (Flavius Josephus, 206:1)
- ἵκετο δὲ πτολίεθρον Ἐλευσῖνοσ θυοέσσησ, εὑρ͂εν δ’ ἐν νηῷ Δημήτερα κυανόπεπλον καί μιν φωνήσασ’ ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 32:11)
- ὣσ ἄρα φωνήσασ’ ἵμασε χθόνα χειρὶ παχείῃ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 19:4)
Synonyms
-
I speak loud or clearly
-
I call by name
- λέγω (to tell)
- κέλομαι (to call by name, call)
- προσαγορεύω (to call by name, call)
- κλῄζω (to name, call, is)
- προσερέω (to call or name)
- ἐξονομάζω (to call by name)
- προσφθέγγομαι (to call by a name, call)
- προσφωνέω (to call by name)
- λέγω (to call by name, to call)
- ἐπιλέγω (to call by name)
- προσονομάζω (to call by a name, to give, the name)
- προσθροέω (to address, call by a name)
- κικλήσκω (to name, call by name, there is)
- αὐδάω (to call by name, call, reported of)
- ὀνομαίνω (to name or call by name, to name, repeat)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call by endearing names)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call, a name, to stigmatise as)
- ἀντονομάζω (to name instead, call by a new name)
- ἀναβοάω (to call on)
- ἀνακαλέω (to call)
- ἀυτέω (to call to)
- ἐγκαλέω (to call in)
- προσεννέπω (to call)
- εἰσάγω (to call in)
- μετακαλέω (to call in)
- εἰσκαλέω (to call in)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call on, to)
- ἐνέπω (to call)
- ἐπιφθέγγομαι (to call to)
- προσεῖπον (to call, to name, thou didst name)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call, by a bad name, to nickname)
- μετονομάζω (to call by a new name, called, by a new name - )
- ἐπονομάζω (to give a surname: to name or call, to be named, after)
-
I speak
- αἰνέω ( I tell of, speak of)
- ἐξεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- ἀπεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- λέγω (to say something, to speak to the point or purpose, am I right)
- κατεῖπον (to tell)
- λέγω (to tell)
- ἐξεῖπον (to tell, of)
- πιφαύσκω (to tell)
- διαφράζω (to speak distinctly, tell plainly)
- ἐξαυδάω (to speak out)
- ἐνέπω (to speak)
- διαγορεύω (to speak of)
- λέγω ()
- καταψεύδομαι (to tell lies against, speak falsely of)
Derived
- ἀναφωνέω (to call aloud, declaim, to proclaim)
- διαφωνέω (to be dissonant, to disagree, with)
- ἐκφωνέω (to cry out)
- ἐπιφωνέω (to mention by name, tell of, to say upon or with respect to)
- μεταφωνέω (to speak among)
- περιφωνέω (to sound round, re-echo)
- προαναφωνέω (to say by way of preface)
- προσεπιφωνέω (to say besides, add)
- προσφωνέω (to call or speak to, address, accost)
- προφωνέω (to utter beforehand, gives, beforehand)
- ὑπερφωνέω (to outbawl)
- ὑποφωνέω (to call out in answer, to sing in answer)
