φαέθω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawétʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wedʰeti, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”), whence φαίνω (phaínō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰa.é.tʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰaˈe.tʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸaˈe.θo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /faˈe.θo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /faˈe.θo/
Verb
φᾰέθω • (phaéthō)
- I shine, I am radiant
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.735
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.479
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.16
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 760
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 824
- 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 464
Conjugation
Present: φᾰέθω, φᾰέθομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | φᾰέθω | φᾰέθεις | φᾰέθει | φᾰέθετον | φᾰέθετον | φᾰέθομεν | φᾰέθετε | φᾰέθουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | φᾰέθω | φᾰέθῃς | φᾰέθῃ | φᾰέθητον | φᾰέθητον | φᾰέθωμεν | φᾰέθητε | φᾰέθωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | φᾰέθοιμῐ | φᾰέθοις | φᾰέθοι | φᾰέθοιτον | φᾰεθοίτην | φᾰέθοιμεν | φᾰέθοιτε | φᾰέθοιεν | |||||
| imperative | φᾰ́εθε | φᾰεθέτω | φᾰέθετον | φᾰεθέτων | φᾰέθετε | φᾰεθόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | φᾰέθομαι | φᾰέθῃ, φᾰέθει | φᾰέθεται | φᾰέθεσθον | φᾰέθεσθον | φᾰεθόμεθᾰ | φᾰέθεσθε | φᾰέθονται | ||||
| subjunctive | φᾰέθωμαι | φᾰέθῃ | φᾰέθηται | φᾰέθησθον | φᾰέθησθον | φᾰεθώμεθᾰ | φᾰέθησθε | φᾰέθωνται | |||||
| optative | φᾰεθοίμην | φᾰέθοιο | φᾰέθοιτο | φᾰέθοισθον | φᾰεθοίσθην | φᾰεθοίμεθᾰ | φᾰέθοισθε | φᾰέθοιντο | |||||
| imperative | φᾰέθου | φᾰεθέσθω | φᾰέθεσθον | φᾰεθέσθων | φᾰέθεσθε | φᾰεθέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | φᾰέθειν | φᾰέθεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | φᾰέθων | φᾰεθόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | φᾰέθουσᾰ | φᾰεθομένη | |||||||||||
| n | φᾰέθον | φᾰεθόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.Except for a single mention of φαέθει (phaéthei) in Hesychius, only the present active participle is attested. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- Φᾰέθουσᾰ (Phaéthousa)
- φᾰέθουσᾰ (phaéthousa)
- φᾰέθων (phaéthōn)
- Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn)
References
- “φαέθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press