φράσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be for *φράστις, from the stem of φράζω (phrázō), *φραδ-, + Proto-Indo-European *-tis. Note the derivation φραστικός (phrastikós) and similar derivations from this stem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrá.sis/ → /ˈɸra.sis/ → /ˈfra.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrá.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰra.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸra.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfra.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfra.sis/

Noun

φρᾰ́σῐς • (phrásis) f (genitive φρᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. speech
2. way of speaking, expression
3. expression, idiom, phrase

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φρᾰ́σῐς; τῆς φρᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρᾰ́σῐς hē phrásis	τὼ φρᾰ́σει tṑ phrásei	αἱ φρᾰ́σεις hai phráseis
Genitive	τῆς φρᾰ́σεως tês phráseōs	τοῖν φρᾰσέοιν toîn phraséoin	τῶν φρᾰ́σεων tôn phráseōn
Dative	τῇ φρᾰ́σει têi phrásei	τοῖν φρᾰσέοιν toîn phraséoin	ταῖς φρᾰ́σεσῐ / φρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs phrásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν φρᾰ́σῐν tḕn phrásin	τὼ φρᾰ́σει tṑ phrásei	τᾱ̀ς φρᾰ́σεις tā̀s phráseis
Vocative	φρᾰ́σῐ phrási	φρᾰ́σει phrásei	φρᾰ́σεις phráseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φραστικός (phrastikós)

Descendants

• French: phrase
• Greek: φράση (frási)

Further reading

• “φράσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φράσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φράσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette