φυή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φῠᾱ́ (phuā́) – Doric
Etymology
From φύω (phúō, “to grow, to be . . . by nature”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰy.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰyˈe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸyˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fyˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈi/
Noun
φῠή • (phuḗ) f (genitive φῠῆς); first declension
- (of human) Growth, stature, especially fine growth or noble stature.
- (of animals, plants, objects) Original form.
- (poetic) Nature, genius.
- The flower or prime of age.
- Substance.
- μερόπων φυή: the race of men.
- Produce of a year, harvest.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ φῠή; τῆς φῠῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φῠή hē phuḗ | τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phuā́ | αἱ φῠαί hai phuaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φῠῆς tês phuês | τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phuaîn | τῶν φῠῶν tôn phuôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φῠῇ têi phuêi | τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phuaîn | ταῖς φῠαῖς taîs phuaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φῠήν tḕn phuḗn | τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phuā́ | τᾱ̀ς φῠᾱ́ς tā̀s phuā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | φῠή phuḗ | φῠᾱ́ phuā́ | φῠαί phuaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ English: diphyes
- ⇒ Translingual: Heterophyes
Further reading
- “φυή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φυή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φυή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φυή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press