φῆμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

φῆμῐς • (phêmis) f (genitive φήμῐος); third declension (poetic)

1. speech, talk
2. fame, reputation

Inflection

Third declension of φῆμῐς; φήμῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φῆμῐς phêmis	φήμῐε phḗmie	φήμῐες / φήμηες phḗmies / phḗmēes
Genitive	φήμῐος / φήμηος phḗmios / phḗmēos	φημῐ́οιῐν phēmíoiin	φημῐ́ων phēmíōn
Dative	φήμῐῐ / φήμῑ / φήμηῐ̈ / φήμει phḗmii / phḗmī / phḗmēï / phḗmei	φημῐ́οιῐν phēmíoiin	φημῐ́εσσῐ / φημῐ́εσσῐν / φήμεσῐ / φήμεσῐν / φήμῐσῐ / φήμῐσῐν phēmíessi(n) / phḗmesi(n) / phḗmisi(n)
Accusative	φῆμῐν phêmin	φήμῐε phḗmie	φήμῐᾰς / φήμηᾰς / φήμῑς phḗmias / phḗmēas / phḗmīs
Vocative	φῆμῐ phêmi	φήμῐε phḗmie	φήμῐες / φήμηες phḗmies / phḗmēes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• φήμη (phḗmē)
• φημί (phēmí)

 

Further reading

• “φῆμις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φῆμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φῆμις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φῆμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press