φυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φῠᾱ́ (phŭā́) — Doric

Etymology

From φύω (phúō, “to grow, to be . . . by nature”) +‎ -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɛ̌ː/ → /ɸyˈi/ → /fiˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰyˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸyˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fyˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈi/

Noun

φῠή • (phŭḗ) f (genitive φῠῆς); first declension

1. (of human) Growth, stature, especially fine growth or noble stature.
   1. (of animals, plants, objects) Original form.
2. (poetic) Nature, genius.
3. The flower or prime of age.
4. Substance.
5. μερόπων φυή: the race of men.
6. Produce of a year, harvest.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῠή; τῆς φῠῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῠή hē phŭḗ	τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phŭā́	αἱ φῠαί hai phŭaí
Genitive	τῆς φῠῆς tês phŭês	τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phŭaîn	τῶν φῠῶν tôn phŭôn
Dative	τῇ φῠῇ têi phŭêi	τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phŭaîn	ταῖς φῠαῖς taîs phŭaîs
Accusative	τὴν φῠήν tḕn phŭḗn	τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phŭā́	τᾱ̀ς φῠᾱ́ς tā̀s phŭā́s
Vocative	φῠή phŭḗ	φῠᾱ́ phŭā́	φῠαί phŭaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διφυής (diphuḗs)

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Heterophyes

Further reading

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