φῆμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pʰāmə, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mn̥. By surface analysis, φημί (phēmí) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ma/
Noun
φῆμᾰ • (phêmă) n (genitive φήμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêmă |
τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tằ phḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φήμᾰτος toû phḗmătos |
τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmắtoin |
τῶν φημᾰ́των tôn phēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φήμᾰτῐ tōî phḗmătĭ |
τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmắtoin |
τοῖς φήμᾰσῐ / φήμᾰσῐν toîs phḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêmă |
τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tằ phḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῆμᾰ phêmă |
φήμᾰτε phḗmăte |
φήμᾰτᾰ phḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press