φιμόω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom φῑμός (phīmós, “any instrument for keeping the mouth closed”) + -όω (-óō, verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰiː.mó.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈmo.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈmo.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈmo.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈmo.o/
Verb
editφῑμόω • (phīmóō)
- to muzzle, shut up as with a muzzle; to close, seal up; (figurative) to muzzle, put to silence
- (passive voice) to be silent, be quiet
Inflection
editnumber | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφῑ́μουν | ἐφῑ́μους | ἐφῑ́μου | ἐφῑμοῦτον | ἐφῑμούτην | ἐφῑμοῦμεν | ἐφῑμοῦτε | ἐφῑ́μουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφῑμούμην | ἐφῑμοῦ | ἐφῑμοῦτο | ἐφῑμοῦσθον | ἐφῑμούσθην | ἐφῑμούμεθᾰ | ἐφῑμοῦσθε | ἐφῑμοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: πεφῑ́μωκᾰ, πεφῑ́μωμαι
Derived terms
edit- φῑ́μωσῐς (phī́mōsis)
Further reading
edit- “φιμόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press