ἀποφθέγγομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀπο- (apo-, “from”) + φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, “to speak loudly”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.popʰ.tʰéŋ.ɡo.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.popʰˈtʰeŋ.ɡo.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.poɸˈθeŋ.ɡo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pofˈθeŋ.ɡo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.pofˈθeŋ.ɡo.me/
Verb
ἀποφθέγγομαι • (apophthéngomai) (deponent)
- to speak one's opinion plainly, boldly declare
- to utter an apophthegm
Inflection
Present: ἀποφθέγγομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἀποφθέγγομαι | ἀποφθέγγῃ / ἀποφθέγγει | ἀποφθέγγεται | ἀποφθέγγεσθον | ἀποφθέγγεσθον | ἀποφθεγγόμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγγεσθε | ἀποφθέγγονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἀποφθέγγωμαι | ἀποφθέγγῃ | ἀποφθέγγηται | ἀποφθέγγησθον | ἀποφθέγγησθον | ἀποφθεγγώμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγγησθε | ἀποφθέγγωνται | |||||
| optative | ἀποφθεγγοίμην | ἀποφθέγγοιο | ἀποφθέγγοιτο | ἀποφθέγγοισθον | ἀποφθεγγοίσθην | ἀποφθεγγοίμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγγοισθε | ἀποφθέγγοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἀποφθέγγου | ἀποφθεγγέσθω | ἀποφθέγγεσθον | ἀποφθεγγέσθων | ἀποφθέγγεσθε | ἀποφθεγγέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποφθέγγεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποφθεγγόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποφθεγγομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποφθεγγόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἀπεφθεγγόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἀπεφθεγγόμην | ἀπεφθέγγου | ἀπεφθέγγετο | ἀπεφθέγγεσθον | ἀπεφθεγγέσθην | ἀπεφθεγγόμεθᾰ | ἀπεφθέγγεσθε | ἀπεφθέγγοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: ἀποφθέγξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἀποφθέγξομαι | ἀποφθέγξῃ / ἀποφθέγξει | ἀποφθέγξεται | ἀποφθέγξεσθον | ἀποφθέγξεσθον | ἀποφθεγξόμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγξεσθε | ἀποφθέγξονται | ||||
| optative | ἀποφθεγξοίμην | ἀποφθέγξοιο | ἀποφθέγξοιτο | ἀποφθέγξοισθον | ἀποφθεγξοίσθην | ἀποφθεγξοίμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγξοισθε | ἀποφθέγξοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποφθέγξεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποφθεγξόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποφθεγξομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποφθεγξόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἀπεφθεγξᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἀπεφθεγξᾰ́μην | ἀπεφθέγξω | ἀπεφθέγξᾰτο | ἀπεφθέγξᾰσθον | ἀπεφθεγξᾰ́σθην | ἀπεφθεγξᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἀπεφθέγξᾰσθε | ἀπεφθέγξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ἀποφθέγξωμαι | ἀποφθέγξῃ | ἀποφθέγξηται | ἀποφθέγξησθον | ἀποφθέγξησθον | ἀποφθεγξώμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγξησθε | ἀποφθέγξωνται | |||||
| optative | ἀποφθεγξαίμην | ἀποφθέγξαιο | ἀποφθέγξαιτο | ἀποφθέγξαισθον | ἀποφθεγξαίσθην | ἀποφθεγξαίμεθᾰ | ἀποφθέγξαισθε | ἀποφθέγξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἀπόφθεγξαι | ἀποφθεγξᾰ́σθω | ἀποφθέγξᾰσθον | ἀποφθεγξᾰ́σθων | ἀποφθέγξᾰσθε | ἀποφθεγξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἀποφθέγξᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἀποφθεγξᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἀποφθεγξᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἀποφθεγξᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “ἀποφθέγγομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀποφθέγγομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀποφθέγγομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀποφθέγγομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G669 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible