μετάφημι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μετα- (meta-) +‎ φημί (phēmí).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.tá.pʰɛː.mi/ → /meˈta.ɸi.mi/ → /meˈta.fi.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.tá.pʰɛː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈta.pʰe̝.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈta.ɸi.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fi.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fi.mi/

Verb

μετάφημι • (metáphēmi)

1. (Epic) to speak among or to

Conjugation

   Imperfect: μετέφην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μετέφην	μετέφης	μετέφη	μετέφᾰτον	μετεφᾰ́την	μετέφᾰμεν	μετέφᾰτε	μετέφᾰσᾰν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “μετάφημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μετάφημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μετάφημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press