φῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰāmə, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mn̥. By surface analysis, φημί (phēmí) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈɸi.ma/ → /ˈfi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ma/

Noun

φῆμᾰ • (phêma) n (genitive φήμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is said, word (a gloss by Hesychius)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φῆμᾰ; τοῦ φήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma	τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate	τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ φήμᾰτος toû phḗmatos	τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin	τῶν φημᾰ́των tôn phēmátōn
Dative	τῷ φήμᾰτῐ tôi phḗmati	τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin	τοῖς φήμᾰσῐ / φήμᾰσῐν toîs phḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma	τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate	τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata
Vocative	φῆμᾰ phêma	φήμᾰτε phḗmate	φήμᾰτᾰ phḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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