φῆμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pʰāmə, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mn̥. By surface analysis, φημί (phēmí) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ma/
Noun
φῆμᾰ • (phêma) n (genitive φήμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is said, word (a gloss by Hesychius)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φῆμᾰ; τοῦ φήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma | τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate | τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φήμᾰτος toû phḗmatos | τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin | τῶν φημᾰ́των tôn phēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φήμᾰτῐ tôi phḗmati | τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin | τοῖς φήμᾰσῐ / φήμᾰσῐν toîs phḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma | τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate | τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | φῆμᾰ phêma | φήμᾰτε phḗmate | φήμᾰτᾰ phḗmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press