πρόσφημι
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From προσ- (pros-, “to, towards”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prós.pʰɛː.mi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpros.pʰe̝.mi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpros.ɸi.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpros.fi.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpros.fi.mi/
Verb edit
- (transitive) to speak to, address
Usage notes edit
Almost exclusively used in the past tense (which may be analyzed as imperfect or aorist). Very common in the Iliad and Odyssey in the third person singular past tense, and rare in other dialects.
Conjugation edit
Imperfect: προσέφην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | προσέφην | προσέφης/προσέφησθᾰ | προσέφη | προσέφᾰτον | προσεφᾰ́την | προσέφᾰμεν | προσέφᾰτε | προσέφᾰσᾰν | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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References edit
- “πρόσφημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press