πρόσφημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προσ- (pros-, “to, towards”) +‎ φημί (phēmí, “to say”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prós.pʰɛː.mi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.pʰe̝.mi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.ɸi.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.fi.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.fi.mi/

Verb

πρόσφημῐ • (prósphēmi) (Epic)

(transitive) to speak to, address

Usage notes

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

Imperfect: προσέφην

number		singular			dual		plural
		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.

References

“πρόσφημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press