φάσκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-sḱéti; cognate with φημί (phēmí).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰás.kɔː/ → /ˈɸas.ko/ → /ˈfas.ko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰás.kɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰas.ko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸas.ko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko/

Verb

φάσκω • (pháskō)

1. to declare, state, affirm
2. to think

Conjugation

   Present: φᾰ́σκω, φᾰ́σκομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	φᾰ́σκω	φᾰ́σκεις	φᾰ́σκει	φᾰ́σκετον	φᾰ́σκετον	φᾰ́σκομεν	φᾰ́σκετε	φᾰ́σκουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	φᾰ́σκω	φᾰ́σκῃς	φᾰ́σκῃ	φᾰ́σκητον	φᾰ́σκητον	φᾰ́σκωμεν	φᾰ́σκητε	φᾰ́σκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	φᾰ́σκοιμῐ	φᾰ́σκοις	φᾰ́σκοι	φᾰ́σκοιτον	φᾰσκοίτην	φᾰ́σκοιμεν	φᾰ́σκοιτε	φᾰ́σκοιεν
	imperative		φᾰ́σκε	φᾰσκέτω	φᾰ́σκετον	φᾰσκέτων		φᾰ́σκετε	φᾰσκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	φᾰ́σκομαι	φᾰ́σκῃ, φᾰ́σκει	φᾰ́σκεται	φᾰ́σκεσθον	φᾰ́σκεσθον	φᾰσκόμεθᾰ	φᾰ́σκεσθε	φᾰ́σκονται
	subjunctive	φᾰ́σκωμαι	φᾰ́σκῃ	φᾰ́σκηται	φᾰ́σκησθον	φᾰ́σκησθον	φᾰσκώμεθᾰ	φᾰ́σκησθε	φᾰ́σκωνται
	optative	φᾰσκοίμην	φᾰ́σκοιο	φᾰ́σκοιτο	φᾰ́σκοισθον	φᾰσκοίσθην	φᾰσκοίμεθᾰ	φᾰ́σκοισθε	φᾰ́σκοιντο
	imperative		φᾰ́σκου	φᾰσκέσθω	φᾰ́σκεσθον	φᾰσκέσθων		φᾰ́σκεσθε	φᾰσκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		φᾰ́σκειν				φᾰ́σκεσθαι
participle	m	φᾰ́σκων				φᾰσκόμενος
	f	φᾰ́σκουσᾰ				φᾰσκομένη
	n	φᾰ́σκον				φᾰσκόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔφᾰσκον, ἐφᾰσκόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔφᾰσκον	ἔφᾰσκες	ἔφᾰσκε(ν)	ἐφᾰ́σκετον	ἐφᾰσκέτην	ἐφᾰ́σκομεν	ἐφᾰ́σκετε	ἔφᾰσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐφᾰσκόμην	ἐφᾰ́σκου	ἐφᾰ́σκετο	ἐφᾰ́σκεσθον	ἐφᾰσκέσθην	ἐφᾰσκόμεθᾰ	ἐφᾰ́σκεσθε	ἐφᾰ́σκοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: φᾰ́σκον, φᾰσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	φᾰ́σκον	φᾰ́σκες	φᾰ́σκε(ν)	φᾰ́σκετον	φᾰσκέτην	φᾰ́σκομεν	φᾰ́σκετε	φᾰ́σκον
middle/ passive	indicative	φᾰσκόμην	φᾰ́σκου	φᾰ́σκετο	φᾰ́σκεσθον	φᾰσκέσθην	φᾰσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	φᾰ́σκεσθε	φᾰ́σκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀντιφάσκω (antipháskō)

Further reading

• “φάσκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φάσκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φάσκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G5335 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allege idem, page 25.
  • assert idem, page 45.
  • aver idem, page 55.
  • declare idem, page 201.
  • say idem, page 736.