φαί

Lemma: φημί

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

Say, declare, assert; maintain or affirm (often introducing direct or indirect speech). In the middle it commonly means “say to oneself, think, suppose”; the passive is rare and generally “be said/reported.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"φαί"

Verb type: standard (-ω) verb

Lemma candidate: φημί (irregular; often treated as a -μι verb in its full paradigm)

Tense: present

Voice: active

Mood: imperative

Person: 2nd

Number: singular

Note: The form φαί is the 2nd singular present active imperative, commonly used as an interjection-like command meaning ‘say!’

Related Forms of φημί

20 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

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

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