Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *pʰúyō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti, from *bʰuH- (to appear, become, rise up).[1]

Cognate with Old Armenian բոյս (boys, plant), Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), Avestan 𐬠𐬎 (bu), Latin fuī (I was), Old English bēon (English be), Albanian bëj.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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φῠ́ω (phúō)

  1. (transitive) to bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow
  2. (transitive) to beget, bear, give birth to
  3. (intransitive) to grow, arise, spring up
  4. (intransitive, present tense) to become [with adjective]
  5. (intransitive, aorist and perfect)
  6. (copulative) to be by nature [with adjective]
  7. (intransitive) to be naturally disposed to, prone [with infinitive ‘to do’]
  8. (impersonal) It is natural, happens naturally [with infinitive ‘that ...’]
  9. to be one's natural lot [with dative ‘someone's’]

Inflection

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  • Present active, future active, and 1st aorist active are transitive; others are intransitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύομαι)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1597-8

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