φέρβω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, an agricultural term without etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰér.bɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰer.bo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸer.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfer.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfer.vo/
Verb
φέρβω • (phérbō)
- to feed, nourish
- to pasture, graze
- (passive) to be fed
- to eat, consume
- to enjoy, have
Inflection
Present: φέρβω, φέρβομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | φέρβω | φέρβεις | φέρβει | φέρβετον | φέρβετον | φέρβομεν | φέρβετε | φέρβουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | φέρβω | φέρβῃς | φέρβῃ | φέρβητον | φέρβητον | φέρβωμεν | φέρβητε | φέρβωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | φέρβοιμῐ | φέρβοις | φέρβοι | φέρβοιτον | φερβοίτην | φέρβοιμεν | φέρβοιτε | φέρβοιεν | |||||
imperative | φέρβε | φερβέτω | φέρβετον | φερβέτων | φέρβετε | φερβόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | φέρβομαι | φέρβῃ, φέρβει | φέρβεται | φέρβεσθον | φέρβεσθον | φερβόμεθᾰ | φέρβεσθε | φέρβονται | ||||
subjunctive | φέρβωμαι | φέρβῃ | φέρβηται | φέρβησθον | φέρβησθον | φερβώμεθᾰ | φέρβησθε | φέρβωνται | |||||
optative | φερβοίμην | φέρβοιο | φέρβοιτο | φέρβοισθον | φερβοίσθην | φερβοίμεθᾰ | φέρβοισθε | φέρβοιντο | |||||
imperative | φέρβου | φερβέσθω | φέρβεσθον | φερβέσθων | φέρβεσθε | φερβέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | φέρβειν | φέρβεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | φέρβων | φερβόμενος | ||||||||||
f | φέρβουσᾰ | φερβομένη | |||||||||||
n | φέρβον | φερβόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ἔφερβον, ἐφερβόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔφερβον | ἔφερβες | ἔφερβε(ν) | ἐφέρβετον | ἐφερβέτην | ἐφέρβομεν | ἐφέρβετε | ἔφερβον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἐφερβόμην | ἐφέρβου | ἐφέρβετο | ἐφέρβεσθον | ἐφερβέσθην | ἐφερβόμεθᾰ | ἐφέρβεσθε | ἐφέρβοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Pluperfect: ἐπεφόρβειν, ἐπεφόρμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπεφόρβειν, ἐπεφόρβη | ἐπεφόρβεις, ἐπεφόρβης | ἐπεφόρβει(ν) | ἐπεφόρβετον | ἐπεφορβέτην | ἐπεφόρβεμεν | ἐπεφόρβετε | ἐπεφόρβεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἐπεφόρμην | ἐπέφορψο | ἐπέφορπτο | ἐπέφορφθον | ἐπεφόρφθην | ἐπεφόρμεθᾰ | ἐπέφορφθε | ἐπεφόρβᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Derived terms
- εὔφορβος (eúphorbos)
- ἱπποφορβός (hippophorbós)
- πολῠ́φορβος (polúphorbos)
- σῠφορβός (suphorbós)
- ὑφορβός (huphorbós)
- φερβήτης (pherbḗtēs)
- φέρβουσᾰ (phérbousa)
- φορβή (phorbḗ)
Further reading
- “φέρβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φέρβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φέρβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN