φαντασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō, “to make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (phăntăsĭ́ā) f (genitive φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. look, appearance, presentation, display
  2. showy appearance, pomp, pageantry
  3. perception, impression
  4. image

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē phăntăsĭ́ā 		τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ phăntăsĭ́ā 		αἱ φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι
hai phăntăsĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês phăntăsĭ́ās 		τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn phăntăsĭ́ain 		τῶν φᾰντᾰσῐῶν
tôn phăntăsĭôn
Dative τῇ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾳ
tēî phăntăsĭ́āi 		τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn phăntăsĭ́ain 		ταῖς φᾰντᾰσῐ́αις
taîs phăntăsĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn phăntăsĭ́ān 		τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ phăntăsĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s phăntăsĭ́ās
Vocative φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
phăntăsĭ́ā 		φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
phăntăsĭ́ā 		φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι
phăntăsĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίαστος (aphăntăsíastos, “not manifested”)
  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίωτος (aphăntăsíōtos, “unable to imagine”)
  • ἀφᾰ́ντᾰστος (aphắntăstos, “without imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰντᾰσίωτος (euphăntăsíōtos, “gifted with a vivid imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰ́ντᾰστος (euphắntăstos, “imaginative”)

Descendants

  • → Latin: phantasia, fantasia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā), via Italian fantasia from the Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/
  • Hyphenation: φα‧ντα‧σί‧α

Noun

φαντασία • (fantasía) f (plural φαντασίες)

  1. imagination, fantasy
  2. (music, form) fantasia (when referring to specific title, it is written with capital Φ)
    Χρωματική Φαντασία και Φούγκα του Μπαχ ― Chromatikí Fantasía kai Foúgka tou Bach ― Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach

Declension

Declension of φαντασία
singular plural
nominative φαντασία (fantasía) φαντασίες (fantasíes)
genitive φαντασίας (fantasías) φαντασιών (fantasión)
accusative φαντασία (fantasía) φαντασίες (fantasíes)
vocative φαντασία (fantasía) φαντασίες (fantasíes)

Derived terms

Expressions:

  • αποκύημα φαντασίας (apokýima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
  • αρρωστημένη φαντασία (arrostiméni fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
  • αφήνω ελεύθερη τη φαντασία (afíno eléftheri ti fantasía)
  • αχαλίνωτη φαντασία (achalínoti fantasía, “unbridled imagination”)
  • γέννημα φαντασίας (génnima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
  • εξημμένη φαντασία (eximméni fantasía, “aroused imagination”)
  • επιστρατεύω τη φαντασία μου (epistratévo ti fantasía mou, “enlist/use my imagination”)
  • ευρηματική φαντασία (evrimatikí fantasía, “inventive imagination”)
  • ζωηρή φαντασία (zoïrí fantasía, “vivid imagination”)
  • η φαντασία καλπάζει (i fantasía kalpázei, literally “the imagination gallops”)
  • καλλιτεχνική φαντασία (kallitechnikí fantasía, “artistic imagination”)
  • κεντρίζω τη φαντασία (kentrízo ti fantasía, “stimulate the imagination”)
  • νοσηρή φαντασία (nosirí fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
  • στερούμαι φαντασίας (steroúmai fantasías, “lack imagination”)
  • ονειροφαντασιά f (oneirofantasiá, “a dream's fantasy”) (poetic)
  • υπνοφαντασιά f (ypnofantasiá, “a sleep's fantasy”)
  • φαντασιοκόπημα n (fantasiokópima, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκοπία f (fantasiokopía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκόπος (fantasiokópos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοκοπώ (fantasiokopó, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοπληξία f (fantasioplixía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιώνω (fantasióno, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασίωση f (fantasíosi, “fantasising”)

Further reading

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