εφησθα

Lemma: φημί

verb (-μι verb) verb (-μι verb)
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Definition

To say, declare, or assert; to affirm as true. Often used parenthetically (“I say,” “I mean”); in the negative (οὐ φημί) it means “to deny.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"εφησθα"

Verb type: standard (-ω) verb (contracted in some forms; from φημί in practice, but the exact form here is the standard-verb-looking imperfect of φημί)

Tense: imperfect

Voice: middle/passive (deponent in form here; effectively active in meaning for φημί)

Mood: indicative

Person: 2nd

Number: singular

Related Forms of φημί

20 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

φημι present, active, indicative, singular, 1st φημί present, active, indicative, singular, first fasi present, active, indicative, plural, 3rd φαίην present, active, optative, singular, 1st φαναι aorist (2nd aorist), active, infinitive, n/a, n/a ἔφη imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd φῄς present, active, indicative, singular, 2nd φησί present, active, indicative, singular, third ἔφησεν aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd έφασαν aorist, active, indicative, plural, 3rd φασιν present, active, indicative, plural, 3rd ἔφην imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 1st φαίη present, active, optative, singular, 3rd Φησί present, active, indicative, singular, 3rd Εφη aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd εφη imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd έφη aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd φὴς present, active, indicative, singular, 2nd epha aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd φησίν present, active, indicative, singular, 3rd

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