φυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φῠᾱ́ (phŭā́) — Doric

Etymology

From φύω (phúō, “to grow, to be . . . by nature”) +‎ -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠή • (phŭḗ) f (genitive φῠῆς); first declension

  1. (of human) Growth, stature, especially fine growth or noble stature.
    1. (of animals, plants, objects) Original form.
  2. (poetic) Nature, genius.
  3. The flower or prime of age.
  4. Substance.
  5. μερόπων φυή: the race of men.
  6. Produce of a year, harvest.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῠή; τῆς φῠῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φῠή
hē phŭḗ 		τὼ φῠᾱ́
tṑ phŭā́ 		αἱ φῠαί
hai phŭaí
Genitive τῆς φῠῆς
tês phŭês 		τοῖν φῠαῖν
toîn phŭaîn 		τῶν φῠῶν
tôn phŭôn
Dative τῇ φῠῇ
tēî phŭēî 		τοῖν φῠαῖν
toîn phŭaîn 		ταῖς φῠαῖς
taîs phŭaîs
Accusative τὴν φῠήν
tḕn phŭḗn 		τὼ φῠᾱ́
tṑ phŭā́ 		τᾱ̀ς φῠᾱ́ς
tā̀s phŭā́s
Vocative φῠή
phŭḗ 		φῠᾱ́
phŭā́ 		φῠαί
phŭaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Heterophyes

Further reading

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