φραδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρᾰδῠ́ς (phrădŭ́s)

Etymology

From φρᾰ́ζω (phrắzō, “to show”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/ → /ɸraˈðis/ → /fraˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈðis/

Adjective

φρᾰδής • (phrădḗs) m or f (neuter φρᾰδές); third declension

1. understanding, wise, shrewd

Declension

Third declension of φρᾰδής; φρᾰδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φρᾰδής phrădḗs	φρᾰδές phrădés		φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî	φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî		φρᾰδεῖς phrădeîs	φρᾰδῆ phrădê
Genitive		φρᾰδοῦς phrădoûs	φρᾰδοῦς phrădoûs		φρᾰδοῖν phrădoîn	φρᾰδοῖν phrădoîn		φρᾰδῶν phrădôn	φρᾰδῶν phrădôn
Dative		φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî	φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî		φρᾰδοῖν phrădoîn	φρᾰδοῖν phrădoîn		φρᾰδέσῐ / φρᾰδέσῐν phrădésĭ(n)	φρᾰδέσῐ / φρᾰδέσῐν phrădésĭ(n)
Accusative		φρᾰδῆ phrădê	φρᾰδές phrădés		φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî	φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî		φρᾰδεῖς phrădeîs	φρᾰδῆ phrădê
Vocative		φρᾰδές phrădés	φρᾰδές phrădés		φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî	φρᾰδεῖ phrădeî		φρᾰδεῖς phrădeîs	φρᾰδῆ phrădê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φρᾰδῶς phrădôs			φρᾰδέστερος phrădésteros			φρᾰδέστᾰτος phrădéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀριφραδής (ariphradḗs)
• περῐφρᾰδής (perĭphrădḗs)

Further reading

• “φραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φραδής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φραδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φραδής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963