φύσας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy̌ː.saːs/ → /ˈɸy.sas/ → /ˈfi.sas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy̌ː.saːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.sas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.sas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.sas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.sas/

Etymology 1

Participle

φῡ́σᾱς • (phū́sās) m (feminine φῡ́σᾱσᾰ, neuter φῦσᾰν); first/third declension

1. first aorist active masculine participle of φῠ́ω (phúō): "(he) has brought forth/produced/generated/begot, (he) has created/made, (he) has caused to be/exist"
   • ~362 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus :

     τῇ δὲ γυναικὶ ἧττον τὸ σῶμα δυνατὸν πρὸς ταῦτα φύσας τὰ ἔνδον ἔργα αὐτῇ (ἐπέταξεν)

     têi dè gunaikì hêtton tò sôma dunatòn pròs taûta phúsas tà éndon érga autêi (epétaxen)

     To the woman, since he has made her body less capable of such endurance, I take it that the god has assigned the indoor tasks.

Declension

First and third declension of φῡ́σᾱς; φῡ́σᾱσᾰ; φῦσᾰν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φῡ́σᾱς phū́sās	φῡ́σᾱσᾰ phū́sāsa	φῦσᾰν phûsan		φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante	φῡσᾱ́σᾱ phūsā́sā	φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante		φῡ́σᾰντες phū́santes	φῡ́σᾱσαι phū́sāsai	φῡ́σᾰντᾰ phū́santa
Genitive		φῡ́σᾰντος phū́santos	φῡσᾱ́σης phūsā́sēs	φῡ́σᾰντος phū́santos		φῡσᾰ́ντοιν phūsántoin	φῡσᾱ́σαιν phūsā́sain	φῡσᾰ́ντοιν phūsántoin		φῡσᾰ́ντων phūsántōn	φῡσᾱσῶν phūsāsôn	φῡσᾰ́ντων phūsántōn
Dative		φῡ́σᾰντῐ phū́santi	φῡσᾱ́σῃ phūsā́sēi	φῡ́σᾰντῐ phū́santi		φῡσᾰ́ντοιν phūsántoin	φῡσᾱ́σαιν phūsā́sain	φῡσᾰ́ντοιν phūsántoin		φῡ́σᾱσῐ / φῡ́σᾱσῐν phū́sāsi(n)	φῡσᾱ́σαις phūsā́sais	φῡ́σᾱσῐ / φῡ́σᾱσῐν phū́sāsi(n)
Accusative		φῡ́σᾰντᾰ phū́santa	φῡ́σᾱσᾰν phū́sāsan	φῦσᾰν phûsan		φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante	φῡσᾱ́σᾱ phūsā́sā	φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante		φῡ́σᾰντᾰς phū́santas	φῡσᾱ́σᾱς phūsā́sās	φῡ́σᾰντᾰ phū́santa
Vocative		φῡ́σᾱς phū́sās	φῡ́σᾱσᾰ phū́sāsa	φῦσᾰν phûsan		φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante	φῡσᾱ́σᾱ phūsā́sā	φῡ́σᾰντε phū́sante		φῡ́σᾰντες phū́santes	φῡ́σᾱσαι phū́sāsai	φῡ́σᾰντᾰ phū́santa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φῡσᾰ́ντως phūsántōs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Participle

φῡ́σᾱς • (phū́sās)

1. feminine accusative plural of φῡ́ς (phū́s)

Etymology 2

Substantivization/nominalization of the participle φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās).

Noun

φῡ́σᾱς • (phū́sās) m (genitive φῡ́σαντος); third declension

1. (literally) "he who has brought forth/produced/generated/begot, he who has created/made, he who has caused to be/exist"
2. (metonymically, generally with the definite article present): father, forefather/(male) ancestor (cf. φῡ́ς (phū́s))
   • late 5th century BCE, Euripides, Aegeus, fragmentary drama about Aegeus, a legendary king of Athens , fragment as quoted by Clement of Alexandria:

     ποίαν σε φῶμεν γαῖαν ἐκλελοιπότα / πόλει ξενοῦσθαι τῇδε; τίς πάτρας ὅρος; / τίς ἐσθ’ ὁ φύσας; τοῦ κεκήρυξαι πατρός;

     poían se phômen gaîan ekleloipóta / pólei xenoûsthai têide? tís pátras hóros? / tís esth’ ho phúsas; toû kekḗruxai patrós?

     Which country shall we say you have left to visit this city? / What is your native land’s border? / Who is your father, of whom are you proclaimed to be the son?

Declension

Third declension of ὁ φῡ́σᾱς; τοῦ φῡ́σᾱντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φῡ́σᾱς ho phū́sās	τὼ φῡ́σᾱντε tṑ phū́sānte	οἱ φῡ́σᾱντες hoi phū́sāntes
Genitive	τοῦ φῡ́σᾱντος toû phū́sāntos	τοῖν φῡσᾱ́ντοιν toîn phūsā́ntoin	τῶν φῡσᾱ́ντων tôn phūsā́ntōn
Dative	τῷ φῡ́σᾱντῐ tôi phū́sānti	τοῖν φῡσᾱ́ντοιν toîn phūsā́ntoin	τοῖς φῡ́σᾱσῐ / φῡ́σᾱσῐν toîs phū́sāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φῡ́σᾱντᾰ tòn phū́sānta	τὼ φῡ́σᾱντε tṑ phū́sānte	τοὺς φῡ́σᾱντᾰς toùs phū́sāntas
Vocative	φῡ́σᾱν phū́sān	φῡ́σᾱντε phū́sānte	φῡ́σᾱντες phū́sāntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

γεννήτωρ (gennḗtōr) προπάτωρ (propátōr)

Related terms

• φῡ́ς (phū́s, “son/child/descendant”)
• φῡ́σαντες (phū́santes, “fathers/forefathers/parents”)

References

• “φύσας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers