Φης

Lemma: φημί

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

Say, declare, assert; also “mean” or “affirm.” In the middle it commonly functions as “say (in reply),” i.e. answer or maintain.

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Grammatical Analysis

"Φης"

Verb class: standard verb (-ω verb), not a -μι verb

Lemma: φημί (suppletive present: φημί/φῄς/φησί ...)

Tense: present

Voice: active

Mood: indicative

Person: 2nd

Number: singular

Note: Form φῄς (often written/printed without diacritics as Φης) is the 2nd singular present active indicative of φημί ‘say, assert’.

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 ἔφησεν aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd φῄς present, active, indicative, singular, 2nd φησί present, active, indicative, singular, third έφασαν aorist, active, indicative, plural, 3rd ἔφην imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 1st φαίη present, active, optative, singular, 3rd φασιν present, active, indicative, plural, 3rd Φησί present, active, indicative, singular, 3rd Εφη aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd εφη imperfect, active, indicative, singular, 3rd φὴς present, active, indicative, singular, 2nd φαῖμεν present (imperfective aspect), active, optative, p... έφη aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd epha aorist, active, indicative, singular, 3rd

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