φράσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be for *φράστις, from the stem of φράζω (phrázō), *φραδ-, + Proto-Indo-European *-tis. Note the derivation φραστικός (phrastikós) and similar derivations from this stem.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φρᾰ́σῐς • (phrắsĭs) f (genitive φρᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. speech
  2. way of speaking, expression
  3. expression, idiom, phrase

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φρᾰ́σῐς; τῆς φρᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φρᾰ́σῐς
hē phrắsĭs 		τὼ φρᾰ́σει
tṑ phrắsei 		αἱ φρᾰ́σεις
hai phrắseis
Genitive τῆς φρᾰ́σεως
tês phrắseōs 		τοῖν φρᾰσέοιν
toîn phrăséoin 		τῶν φρᾰ́σεων
tôn phrắseōn
Dative τῇ φρᾰ́σει
tēî phrắsei 		τοῖν φρᾰσέοιν
toîn phrăséoin 		ταῖς φρᾰ́σεσῐ / φρᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs phrắsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν φρᾰ́σῐν
tḕn phrắsĭn 		τὼ φρᾰ́σει
tṑ phrắsei 		τᾱ̀ς φρᾰ́σεις
tā̀s phrắseis
Vocative φρᾰ́σῐ
phrắsĭ 		φρᾰ́σει
phrắsei 		φρᾰ́σεις
phrắseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: phrase
  • Greek: φράση (frási)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φράζομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1588

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