φρέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem, from zero-grade φρ- of vowel gradation of φέρω (phérō, “bring, carry”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰré.ɔː/ → /ˈɸre.o/ → /ˈfre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.o/

Verb

φρέω • (phréō)

1. unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

Derived terms

• ἀποφρέω (apophréō, “let out, bring out”)
• διαφρέω (diaphréō, “let through”)
• εἰσφρέω (eisphréō, “admit, let in”)
• ἐκφρέω (ekphréō, “let out, bring out”)
• ἐπεισφρέω (epeisphréō, “introduce besides”)
• παρεισφρέω (pareisphréō, “slip in”) (Hellenistic Koine)
• συνεισφρέω (suneisphréō, “let into together”)

Further reading

• “φρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers