φύομαι
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰý.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸy.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfy.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.o.me/
Verb
φῠ́ομαι • (phŭ́omai)
- present middle indicative first-person singular of φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φῠ́ομαι (“I am produced, grown”), the present middle indicative first-person singular of active φῠ́ω.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.o.me/
- Hyphenation: φύ‧ο‧μαι
Verb
φύομαι • (fýomai) deponent found chiefly in the present tense
Usage notes
- Dictionaries mention past tense,[1] past and imperfect tense (the present stem).[2]
- When past tenses are needed, some ancient forms from inflection of φύω may be used:
- εφύετο (efýeto, “it was grown”) (ἐφῠ́ετο)
- εφύην (efýin, “I grew”), εφύη (efýi, “it grew”)[3] (ἐφῠ́η, late form of ἔφῡ)
Conjugation
φύομαι (deponent defective verb - present stem only)
| Passive voice ➤ — Imperfective aspect ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Present ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Future ➤ | |
| 1 sg | [φυόμουν]1 | θα | ||
| 2 sg | φύεσαι | [φυόσουν] | θα φύεσαι | |
| 3 sg | φύεται | φυόταν[ε], {εφύετο} | θα φύεται | |
| 1 pl | φυόμαστε | [φυόμασταν, (‑όμαστε)] | θα φυόμαστε | |
| 2 pl | φύεστε, {φύεσθε} | [φυόσασταν, (‑όσαστε)] | θα φύεστε, θα {φύεσθε} | |
| 3 pl | φύονται | φύονταν, {εφύοντο} | θα φύονται | |
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | 2 sg | 2 pl | ||
| Imperfective aspect | — | φύεστε | ||
| Other forms | Present participle ➤ | Perfect participle ➤ | ||
| — | — | |||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
1. Past tenses are rare in actual speech: The imperfect may be formed with the imperfective stem. If simple past tense is needed, the late ancient form ἐφύην (“I grew”) may be used, in formal style: εφύην, εφύης, εφύη, εφύημεν, εφύητε, εφύησαν For more forms, see the inflection of ancient φύω. • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Related terms
- αναφύομαι (anafýomai, “spring up”)
- εκφύομαι (ekfýomai, “grow from, spring up from”)
- προσφύομαι (prosfýomai, “I am suffixed, appended”)
- συμφύομαι (symfýomai, “grow together”)
- -φυής (-fyís)
- -φυΐα (-fyḯa)
References
- ^ Jordanidou, Anna (2004) Τα ρήματα της νέας ελληνικής [Modern Greek Verbs], Athens: Patakis Publishers
- ^ φύομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ φύομαι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.