φαντασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰan.ta.sí.aː/ → /ɸan.taˈsi.a/ → /fan.daˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰan.ta.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰan.taˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸan.taˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fan.taˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/

Noun

φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (phăntăsĭ́ā) f (genitive φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. look, appearance, presentation, display
2. showy appearance, pomp, pageantry
3. perception, impression
4. image

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē phăntăsĭ́ā	τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ phăntăsĭ́ā	αἱ φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι hai phăntăsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês phăntăsĭ́ās	τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν toîn phăntăsĭ́ain	τῶν φᾰντᾰσῐῶν tôn phăntăsĭôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi phăntăsĭ́āi	τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν toîn phăntăsĭ́ain	ταῖς φᾰντᾰσῐ́αις taîs phăntăsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn phăntăsĭ́ān	τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ phăntăsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phăntăsĭ́ās
Vocative	φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ phăntăsĭ́ā	φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ phăntăsĭ́ā	φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι phăntăsĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀφᾰντᾰσίαστος (aphăntăsíastos, “not manifested”)
• ἀφᾰντᾰσίωτος (aphăntăsíōtos, “unable to imagine”)
• ἀφᾰ́ντᾰστος (aphắntăstos, “without imagination”)
• εὐφᾰντᾰσίωτος (euphăntăsíōtos, “gifted with a vivid imagination”)
• εὐφᾰ́ντᾰστος (euphắntăstos, “imaginative”)

and see at φᾰντᾰ́ζω, φαίνω (phaínō)

Descendants

• → Latin: phantasia, fantasia (see there for further descendants)

References

• “φαντασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φαντασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φαντασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • imagination idem, page 416.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā), via Italian fantasia from the Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/
• Hyphenation: φα‧ντα‧σί‧α

Noun

φαντασία • (fantasía) f (plural φαντασίες)

1. imagination, fantasy
2. (music, form) fantasia (when referring to specific title, it is written with capital Φ)

   Χρωματική Φαντασία και Φούγκα του Μπαχ ― Chromatikí Fantasía kai Foúgka tou Bach ― Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach

Declension

Declension of φαντασία

	singular	plural
nominative	φαντασία (fantasía)	φαντασίες (fantasíes)
genitive	φαντασίας (fantasías)	φαντασιών (fantasión)
accusative	φαντασία (fantasía)	φαντασίες (fantasíes)
vocative	φαντασία (fantasía)	φαντασίες (fantasíes)

Derived terms

• επιστημονική φαντασία f (epistimonikí fantasía, “science fiction”)
• κατά φαντασίαν ασθενής m (katá fantasían asthenís, “imaginary invalid”) (title of play Le Malade imaginaire by Molière)

Expressions:

• αποκύημα φαντασίας (apokýima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
• αρρωστημένη φαντασία (arrostiméni fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
• αφήνω ελεύθερη τη φαντασία (afíno eléftheri ti fantasía)
• αχαλίνωτη φαντασία (achalínoti fantasía, “unbridled imagination”)
• γέννημα φαντασίας (génnima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
• εξημμένη φαντασία (eximméni fantasía, “aroused imagination”)
• επιστρατεύω τη φαντασία μου (epistratévo ti fantasía mou, “enlist/use my imagination”)
• ευρηματική φαντασία (evrimatikí fantasía, “inventive imagination”)
• ζωηρή φαντασία (zoïrí fantasía, “vivid imagination”)
• η φαντασία καλπάζει (i fantasía kalpázei, “literally: the imagination gallops”)
• καλλιτεχνική φαντασία (kallitechnikí fantasía, “artistic imagination”)
• κεντρίζω τη φαντασία (kentrízo ti fantasía, “stimulate the imagination”)
• νοσηρή φαντασία (nosirí fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
• στερούμαι φαντασίας (steroúmai fantasías, “lack imagination”)

Related terms

• ονειροφαντασιά f (oneirofantasiá, “a dream's fantasy”) (poetic)
• υπνοφαντασιά f (ypnofantasiá, “a sleep's fantasy”)
• φαντασιοκόπημα n (fantasiokópima, “fantasising”)
• φαντασιοκοπία f (fantasiokopía, “fantasising”)
• φαντασιοκόπος (fantasiokópos, “fantasiser”)
• φαντασιοκοπώ (fantasiokopó, “fantasise”)
• φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos, “fantasiser”)
• φαντασιοπληξία f (fantasioplixía, “fantasising”)
• φαντασιώνω (fantasióno, “fantasise”)
• φαντασίωση f (fantasíosi, “fantasising”)
• and see at φαντάζω (fantázo)

Further reading

• φαντασία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el