φάσκω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-sḱéti; cognate with φημί (phēmí).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰás.kɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰas.ko/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸas.ko/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfas.ko/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfas.ko/
Verb
φάσκω • (pháskō)
Conjugation
Present: φᾰ́σκω, φᾰ́σκομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | φᾰ́σκω | φᾰ́σκεις | φᾰ́σκει | φᾰ́σκετον | φᾰ́σκετον | φᾰ́σκομεν | φᾰ́σκετε | φᾰ́σκουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | φᾰ́σκω | φᾰ́σκῃς | φᾰ́σκῃ | φᾰ́σκητον | φᾰ́σκητον | φᾰ́σκωμεν | φᾰ́σκητε | φᾰ́σκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | φᾰ́σκοιμῐ | φᾰ́σκοις | φᾰ́σκοι | φᾰ́σκοιτον | φᾰσκοίτην | φᾰ́σκοιμεν | φᾰ́σκοιτε | φᾰ́σκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | φᾰ́σκε | φᾰσκέτω | φᾰ́σκετον | φᾰσκέτων | φᾰ́σκετε | φᾰσκόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | φᾰ́σκομαι | φᾰ́σκῃ / φᾰ́σκει | φᾰ́σκεται | φᾰ́σκεσθον | φᾰ́σκεσθον | φᾰσκόμεθᾰ | φᾰ́σκεσθε | φᾰ́σκονται | ||||
| subjunctive | φᾰ́σκωμαι | φᾰ́σκῃ | φᾰ́σκηται | φᾰ́σκησθον | φᾰ́σκησθον | φᾰσκώμεθᾰ | φᾰ́σκησθε | φᾰ́σκωνται | |||||
| optative | φᾰσκοίμην | φᾰ́σκοιο | φᾰ́σκοιτο | φᾰ́σκοισθον | φᾰσκοίσθην | φᾰσκοίμεθᾰ | φᾰ́σκοισθε | φᾰ́σκοιντο | |||||
| imperative | φᾰ́σκου | φᾰσκέσθω | φᾰ́σκεσθον | φᾰσκέσθων | φᾰ́σκεσθε | φᾰσκέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | φᾰ́σκειν | φᾰ́σκεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | φᾰ́σκων | φᾰσκόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | φᾰ́σκουσᾰ | φᾰσκομένη | |||||||||||
| n | φᾰ́σκον | φᾰσκόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔφᾰσκον, ἐφᾰσκόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔφᾰσκον | ἔφᾰσκες | ἔφᾰσκε(ν) | ἐφᾰ́σκετον | ἐφᾰσκέτην | ἐφᾰ́σκομεν | ἐφᾰ́σκετε | ἔφᾰσκον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφᾰσκόμην | ἐφᾰ́σκου | ἐφᾰ́σκετο | ἐφᾰ́σκεσθον | ἐφᾰσκέσθην | ἐφᾰσκόμεθᾰ | ἐφᾰ́σκεσθε | ἐφᾰ́σκοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | φᾰ́σκον | φᾰ́σκες | φᾰ́σκε(ν) | φᾰ́σκετον | φᾰσκέτην | φᾰ́σκομεν | φᾰ́σκετε | φᾰ́σκον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | φᾰσκόμην | φᾰ́σκου | φᾰ́σκετο | φᾰ́σκεσθον | φᾰσκέσθην | φᾰσκόμε(σ)θᾰ | φᾰ́σκεσθε | φᾰ́σκοντο | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- ἀντιφάσκω (antipháskō)
Further reading
- “φάσκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φάσκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φάσκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G5335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.